Deliver me from pain
Subtitle: anesthesia and birth in America
By: Jacqueline H. Wolf.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780801891106
Subjects: Anesthesia in obstetrics -- United States -- History; Childbirth -- United States -- History; Natural childbirth -- United States -- History; Delivery, Obstetric -- history -- United States; Delivery, Obstetric -- psychology -- United States; Anesthesia, Obstetrical -- history -- United States; History, 19th Century -- United States; History, 20th Century -- United States; Labor Pain -- history -- United States; Labor Pain -- psychology -- United States; Socioeconomic Factors -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Terrible torture" or "The nicest sensation I've ever had"?: conflicting perceptions of labor in U.S. history; title: Ether and chloroform: the question of necessity, 1840s through 1890s; title: Twilight sleep: the question of professional respect, 1890s through 1930s; title: Developing the obstetric anesthesia arsenal: the question of safety, 1900s through 1960s; title: Giving birth to the baby boomers: the question of convenience, 1940s through 1960s; title: Natural childbirth and birth reform: the question of authority, 1950s through 1980s; title: Epidural anesthesia and cesarean section: the question of choice, 1970s to the present.