Holistic obstetrics: The origins of "natural childbirth" in Britain

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 929, 2003, Pages 168-173

  Moscucci, Ornella ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037367901     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.929.168     Document Type: Review

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