TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allison,Julia
TI  - Midwifery from the Tudors to the 21st century: history, politics and safe practice in England 
SN  - 9780367341367
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Midwifery
KW  - history
KW  - Social Conditions
KW  - History, Early Modern 1451-1600
KW  - History, Modern 1601-
KW  - England
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Late Medieval and Tudor Midwives --- Tudor Midwives Their Lives and Practice --- .Midwives and Maternal Death in Tudor England --- Midwives and Infant Death in Tudor England --- Challenge and Change to Midwifery Practice --- Midwives, Accoucheurs and the Bills of Mortality --- Midwives, Institutions and Civil Registration --- Certified and State Certified English Midwives --- Early Years Following The 1902 Midwives Act --- English Midwives In Peace and War 1936-1946 --- National Health Service and the Domiciliary Midwife --- District Midwives and General Practitioners --- Centralisation and Medicalisation of Midwifery Care --- Hospitalisation of Birth, 1973-1989 --- Statutory Control, Higher Education and Better Birth?  Conclusion: English Midwives 15th - 21st Century.  Appendices: Transcript of Midwife Margaret Burwood’s Will, Early Parish Registers Read for this Book, Early Midwives licensed and unlicensed
N2  - "This book recounts the journey of English midwives over six centuries and their battle for survival as a discrete profession, caring safely for childbearing women"--
ER  -