history, politics and safe practice in England Allison, Julia creator author. text bibliography enk 2021 2021 monographic eng

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xvii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm "This book recounts the journey of English midwives over six centuries and their battle for survival as a discrete profession, caring safely for childbearing women"-- Late Medieval and Tudor Midwives --- Tudor Midwives Their Lives and Practice --- .Midwives and Maternal Death in Tudor England --- Midwives and Infant Death in Tudor England --- Challenge and Change to Midwifery Practice --- Midwives, Accoucheurs and the Bills of Mortality --- Midwives, Institutions and Civil Registration --- Certified and State Certified English Midwives --- Early Years Following The 1902 Midwives Act --- English Midwives In Peace and War 1936-1946 --- National Health Service and the Domiciliary Midwife --- District Midwives and General Practitioners --- Centralisation and Medicalisation of Midwifery Care --- Hospitalisation of Birth, 1973-1989 --- Statutory Control, Higher Education and Better Birth? Conclusion: English Midwives 15th - 21st Century. Appendices: Transcript of Midwife Margaret Burwood’s Will, Early Parish Registers Read for this Book, Early Midwives licensed and unlicensed Julia Allison. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk-en Midwifery history Social Conditions history History, Early Modern 1451-1600 History, Modern 1601- England WQ 11 A65 2021 9780367341367 0367341360 9780367820244 0367820242 2020011923 DLC 220907 20220915110055.0 9918227372306676 eng