'Because of poverty brought into hospital: ...' A casenote-based analysis of the changing role of the Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital, 1850-1912

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-280

  Nuttall, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casebooks; Casenotes; Childbirth; Edinburgh; Maternal and child welfare; Maternity hospitals; Patients; Personal health records

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL RECORDS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 34547796477     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkm042     Document Type: Article

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