Death before birth : fetal health and mortality in historical perspective

Death before birth : fetal health and mortality in historical perspective / Robert Woods.

Author/creator	Woods, Robert, 1970-
Other author/creator	ProQuest (Firm)
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description	xvii, 294 pages : illustrations
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Subject(s)	Fetal death--History. Infants--Mortality --History. Midwifery--History. Obstetrics--History.

Contents	Introduction to fetal health and mortality -- Definitions, measurement, influences -- The prospects for survival from conception to childhood -- Comparative historical trends and variations -- Midwifery and fetal death -- Fetal pathology and social obstetrics -- Arguments from medical history and demography -- Induced abortion and the fetus as patient : a continuing paradox.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009019397

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