The Control of Childbirth: Women Versus Medicine Through the AgesMcFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 14 mrt 2008 - 222 pagina's 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 present times, this work describes childbirth practices as they have developed through the ages. The author describes and critiques the evolution of modern midwifery and obstetrics, focusing especially on how, why, and when the process of childbirth became an increasingly sterile, male-dominated, and medically oriented event. Each chapter focuses on a different period, from the age of the female midwife (who oversaw the childbirth process for several centuries), through the origins of modern obstetrics and gynecology, and finally, to the increasing influence of technology in the practices that have prevailed for most of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. |
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... advocated that women sit upon the birth stool during birth . He also described and practiced the technique of podalic version for difficult births , as did Hippocrates . Moreover , his writings also included the structure of the uterus ...
... advocated the upright positions during birth . Paré also advocated the sella perforata ( birth stool ) so that the sacral bones and pelvic ligaments would more easily yield and the birth canal would more easily dilate . However ...
... advocated non - interference during birth . Bard was advanced in his wisdom . He understood the cause and the effects of rickets in deforming bones , par- ticularly women's pelvic bones , which led to obstructive childbirth . To prevent ...
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Childbirth in Early America | 7 |
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