The Medicalization of Obstetrics : Personnel, Practice and Instruments (Childbirth: Changing Ideas and Practices in Britain and America, 1600 to the Present)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: March 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780815322313
Subjects: Gynaecology & obstetrics; Sociology - General; Obstetrics; Social Science; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Sociology; Gynecology & Obstetrics; Social Science / Sociology / General
First sentence: Historians have usually described contributions of medicine to birth as if all the benefits accrued to patients.