The Control of Childbirth: Women Versus Medicine Through the Ages

by Phyllis L. Brodsky

Book Overview

When childbirth moved from women's homes into hospitals, women lost more than they had bargained for. As the event became increasingly male-dominated and medically oriented, women's control of the experience all but vanished. Worse, recent clinical trials have demonstrated that most modern interventions and technological practices have not improved delivery outcomes and are not necessary in normal labor and birth.

From pre-classical to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786433620
• ISBN13: 9780786433629
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher