{"product_id":"the-control-of-childbirth-phyllis-l-brodsky-9780786433629","title":"The Control of Childbirth: Women Versus Medicine Through the Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phyllis L. Brodsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786433620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786433629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.01w x 0.53d","brand":"Phyllis L. Brodsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448937066751,"sku":"9780786433629","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_224b8e4e-6446-4c1c-9973-1cb4a3f84472.jpg?v=1777261245","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-control-of-childbirth-phyllis-l-brodsky-9780786433629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}