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Midwifery in China (Hardcover)
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Midwifery in China (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
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The first book to present the history, ideas, life and works of
Chinese midwives and birth attendants, this volume seeks to
encapsulate and explain the changing ideas about the practice of
midwifery in China. Using participant observations and interviews,
it examines each phase of the development of midwifery in depth.
Providing a systematic study of the existing literature and
contemporary national health policies, it analyses the factors
contributing to the current demise of midwifery in China, such as
the absence of national regulation, high standards of education and
national midwives' associations. Furthermore, it argues that
China's national statistics in the past six decades demonstrate
clear evidence that minimising maternal mortality rates will only
happen through wider availability of services, rather than through
obstetric technology or facility based care. Ultimately, therefore
this book supports the view that humanity and midwifery will
survive to overcome domination by both technology and market forces
and that economic growth and medical technology alone will not be
sufficient in providing effective healthcare. This book is an
indispensable resource for the study of Chinese midwifery, both in
theory and in practice. As such it will be useful to students and
scholars of Midwifery, Women's Health, Sociology and culture and
society in China.
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