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Brought to bed

by Judith Walzer Leavitt · 1986

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Traces the change from home to hospital childbirth, explains what benefits hospital care was supposed to provide, and discusses why home births are becoming more popular again.

HistoryObstetricsChildbirthDeliveryLaborWomen, health and hygieneObstetric DeliveryObstetric LaborObstetrics, history