Birth attendants in Meiji Japan: The rise of a medical birth model and the new division of labour

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 407-424

  Homei, Aya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Normal' childbirth; Japan; Midwifery; Nineteenth century; Obstetrics; Westernisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845223230     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkl045     Document Type: Article

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