Citation Index: OPEM -> Political History of Midwifery: Hundred Years War on Midwives & Normal Childbirth
Citation Key — Historical and Contemporary References
Contributions of Midwives of Antiquity to the Art and Science of Modern Medicine
Comments by Physicians about Midwives and Midwifery – 1911- 1932
Clinical Material — the major motive for the Elimination of Midwives by Medical Politicians
Controversies and resistance by doctors to the Formal Training of Midwives
Deadly Trio — Misogyny, Midwifery & the “Morale” of Medical Doctors
*Derogatory Statement about Midwives by the Medical Establishment 1881 – 1925
Domiciliary Maternity Care — early 1900s — also called “Outdoor Services”
hospital and medical school affiliated, superior safety stats to “in house” services
Economic Issues — Arguments by Physicians against Independent Midwives
Historical Methods of Accountability for Midwives by Health Department Official VS. Mandatory Supervision of Midwives by Doctors
The Use of the Law and Licensing* to Pursue an Anti-Midwife Agenda
Nursing, Midwifery and the Medical Profession 1911 through 1922
Tension and Controversies Surrounding Physician Education and its relationship with the establishment of Training Schools for Midwives
*Propaganda Campaign against Midwives — the Department of Dirty Tricks
Professional Aspirations and the Irrational Rationales of Medical Men
*Statistical Comparison of Birth Attendants (Physician and Midwife) and
the Validation of the Midwifery Model of Care
