Reading Birth and Death: A History of Obstetric Thinking

by Jo Murphy-Lawless

Book Overview

Historical records and writings of Irish doctors and maternity hospitals reveal a central theme of women's perceived incompetence in the birth process and trace how such a radically gendered account... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859181767
• ISBN13: 9781859181768
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Cork University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"