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Download full textBuchanan, Patricia; Parker, Vicky K.; Zajdel, Ruth Hopkins – 2000
This paper examines the history of midwifery in Appalachia. Throughout history, women in labor have been supported by other women. Midwives learned as apprentices, gaining skills and knowledge from older women. Eventually, formalized training for midwives was developed in Europe, but no professional training existed in the United States until…
Descriptors: Birth, Certification, Folk Culture, Nonformal Education
Peer reviewedDouret, L.; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Outlines the history of and reviews the literature on the care of premature infants. Focuses on the medicalization of birth; early neonatology; the effect of advances in medicine on the survival and safety of neonates; and the importance of early mother-neonate interactions. (BC)
Descriptors: Birth, Early Intervention, History, Infant Mortality
