Midwifery history in a Nordic and international perspective

Lundgren, Ingela,1957Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för vårdvetenskap och hälsa,Institute of Health and Care Sciences (author)

This chapter will present midwifery in the Nordic context in a historical perspective. First, the chapter introduces giving birth before midwifery was regulated and organised in early modern Europe, and in the Nordic countries. Then the chapter will inform about the regulation and professionalisation of midwifery as well as the introduction of medical science in the field of childbirth. Similarities as well as differences between the historical developments of midwifery in the Nordic countries will be presented and discussed. Further, how the historical development influence maternity care, and is related to an international perspective will be discussed.

Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för vårdvetenskap och hälsa (creator_code:org_t)

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MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Clinical Medicin ...; and Obstetrics Gynae ...

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