I am very interested in the history of midwifery in these two separate countries since I gave birth to a baby in Amsterdam and am about to give birth to one here in the United States. I plan to trace the history of midwifery in both the USA and Holland and compare their different ...
This chapter provides a brief overview of the history of women’s health and the array of factors that have played a central role in shaping it. First, it presents a background describing gender-based disparities in health care. It then discusses the cultural context in which women have been...
A comprehensive resource for the history of midwifery, obstetrics, and gynecology...and more general medical and social topics.
A History of Midwifery in the United States: The Midwife Said Fear Not by Helen Varney and Joyce Beebe Thompson (review) Twenty-two chapters address a wide range of themes affecting maternity care in the United States: from education to legislation to professionalization and ... W Kline - 《...
MidwiferyMedical HistoryCurandera新墨西哥卫生助产学Curandera-parteras (traditional Hispanic midwives) have been in northern New Mexico since before its statehood. In the 1930s, the New Mexico Department of Health began a valuable relationship with the curandera-parteras through the Midwife Consultant ...
Midwifery (Part II) A History of Midwifery (Part II)A History of Midwifery (Part II)Florence Francillon
Special attention is focused on the decline of midwifery in England and the United States after 1600. Major factors contributing to this decline are analyzed, culminating with an examination of the great “midwife debate” in America in the early 20th century. The development of nurse-midwifery ...
Purpose: This research explored the history and development of the School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Public Health Siriraj in Bangkok, Thailand, from 1896 to 1971.Design: Historicalresearch,involvingliteraturesearchingandqualitative interviews.Methods: Data was collected through two means: a review of ...
and diligent and thoughtful hospital administration. The work of the Nightingale School of Nursing continues today. The Nightingale building in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Southampton is named after her. International Nurses Day is celebrated on her birthday each year. Fl...
The name comes from the English word "liberty" and refers to the nation's origin as a colony of free blacks repatriated to Africa from the United States in the early nineteenth century. Although the settlers and their descendants, known as Americo-Liberians, defined the boundaries of the ...