"Explores the complex interactions between French medicine and Vietnamese childbirth traditions, documenting the emergence of a plural system of maternity services that incorporated both biomedical knowledge and local birthing traditions"--
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"This book reconstructs the history of conception, pregnancy and childbirth in Europe from antiquity to the Twentieth century, focusing on its most significant turning points: the emergence of a medical-scientific approach to delivery in Ancient Greece, the impact of Christianit…
« Millions of women suffer from obstetric fistula, a catastrophic childbirth complication that exists today mainly in the world’s poorest countries. Fistulas are created by the prolonged pressure of the fetal head in the birth canal during obstructed labor, which grievously inju…
"Since the original publication of The Birth Partner in 1989, new mothers' mates, friends, and relatives and doulas (professional birth assistants) have relied on Penny Simkin's guidance in caring for the new mother from the last few weeks of pregnancy through the early postpart…
Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations for Archival Sources in the Notes, Appendixes, and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Midwifery, Monstrosity, and Motherhood -- Part I: Purity and Productivity: Understanding Virginity, Conception, and Pregnancy -- 1. The Evo…
In this history of childbirth and contraception in Mexico, Nora E. Jaffary chronicles colonial and nineteenth-century beliefs and practices surrounding conception, pregnancy and its prevention, and birth. Tracking Mexico's transition from colony to nation, Jaffary demonstrates t…
In this history of childbirth and contraception in Mexico, Nora E. Jaffary chronicles colonial and nineteenth-century beliefs and practices surrounding conception, pregnancy and its prevention, and birth. Tracking Mexico's transition from colony to nation, Jaffary demonstrates t…
Gynécologie, obstétrique
by Body, Gilles, Marès, Pierre, Daraï, Emile, Luton, Dominique
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En parfaite conformité avec le nouveau programme de DFASM, cet ouvrage aborde les connaissances fondamentales en gynécologieobstétrique. Il comprend deux parties : -une partie Connaissances qui aborde tous les items pour lesquels la gynécologie et l'obstétrique sont concernées :…
In the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, an agricultural region with high rates of infant mortality, maternal health services are poor while family planning efforts are intensive. By following the daily lives of women in this setting, the author considers women's own experience…
Farewell to the East End
by Worth, Jennifer, Coates, Terri
fromCall the midwife (Television program)
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Type: Book
This final book in Jennifer Worth's memories of her time as a midwife in London's East end brings her story full circle. As always there are heartbreaking stories such as the family devastated by tuberculosis and the strange life of a ship's woman.
"JEANNE FAULKNER has worked in women's health for 30 years, first in doctor's offices, free clinics, and classrooms and then as a registered nurse, specializing in obstetrics, labor and delivery, and neonatal care. She began her career as a journalist in 2002 and currently write…
