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100 1 $aMurphy-Lawless, Jo.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93046724
245 10 $aReading birth and death :$ba history of obstetric thinking /$cby Jo Murphy-Lawless.
260 $aBloomington :$bIndiana University Press,$c[1998], ©1998.
300 $a343 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 319-332) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tWomen, Power and Obstetric Rationality -- $g2.$tObstetric Pairings and Knowledge Formation -- $g3.$tBody, Power, Death: The Problem of Puerperal Fever -- $g4.$tCalculating Life and Death: The Risk-Death Pairing -- $g5.$tThe Production of Norms in Labour: Active Management -- $g6.$tReading Birth and Death.
520 1 $a"Since the eighteenth century, obstetric discourse has had a decisive impact on women's experience of childbirth. Using historical records from Irish hospitals and the writings of Irish doctors, this book analyses the core beliefs and practices of obstetric science.".
520 8 $a"It reveals a belief in the incompetence of women with regard to childbirth and traces the effects on women of such a radically gendered notion. The author argues that the problem of exercising personal agency which women face stems directly from the way the science has worked.".
520 8 $a"In exploring the discourse and power in relation to scientific thinking, Reading Birth and Death makes an important contribution to the fields of obstetrics, midwifery, childbirth education, sociology of the body, cultural studies and women's studies."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aObstetrics$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010104140
650 6 $aObstétrique$xHistoire.
852 00 $bglx$hRG511$i.M87 1998g
852 00 $bbar$hRG511$i.M87 1998b