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Córdova, Isabel M.,

Pushing in silence : modernizing Puerto Rico and the medicalization of childbirth / Isabel M. Córdova. - First edition. - 234 pages : illustration, map ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. Phase One: Midwife-Assisted Home Births, 1948–1953 -- Chapter 2. Phase Two: Transitioning toward Hospital Births, 1954–1958 -- Chapter 3. Phase Three: Physician-Assisted Hospital Births, 1959–1965 -- Chapter 4. Phase Four: Medicalized Births, 1966–1979 -- Chapter 5. Phase Five: Novoparteras and a Technocratic, Litigation-Based Model of Birth, 1980–2000.

This history of evolving birthing practices in Puerto Rico reveals how dramatic transformations in childbirth resulted from broader economic, political, and cultural shifts toward a model of industrial nationhood.

ISBN: 9781477313633 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781477314128 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2017003511

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Childbirth--History.--Puerto Rico
Obstetrics--Social aspects--History.--Puerto Rico

LC Class. No.: RG518.P9 / C67 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 618.20097295