modernizing Puerto Rico and the medicalization of childbirth Córdova, Isabel M. creator author. text bibliography txu 2018 2018 First edition. monographic eng

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234 pages : illustration, map ; 23 cm 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. 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. Isabel M. Córdova. Includes bibliographical references and index. Childbirth Puerto Rico History Obstetrics Social aspects Puerto Rico History RG518.P9 C67 2018 618.20097295 9781477313633 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781477314128 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2017003511 TxU/DLC 170127 20210413190944.0 19470449 eng