Catching Babies: The Professionalization of Childbirth, 1870-1920

by Charlotte Borst

Using the methodology of social science theory, Charlotte Borst examines the effect of gender, culture, and class on the transition to physician-attended childbirth in the late nineteenth century.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

265 pages, Hardcover

First published February 5, 1995

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