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The Art of Midwifery

Early Modern Midwives in Europe

The Art of Midwifery
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The absorption of midwifery into medical practice is a recent development. In the western world this process has been linked to the diminishing role of the midwife, the greater involvement of male doctors in childbirth, and increasing hospitalization. However, while midwifery is recognized as the oldest female occupation, historians have focused on the decline of the midwife's prominence in obstetric work from the nineteenth century onwards. The Art of Midwifery is the first book to examine midwives in the early modern period. It explores the period before the decline' and challenges some of the long-held beliefs about the life, work and knowledge of midwives, as well as their place in public life.
Routledge; September 1994
256 pages; ISBN 9780203991527
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