Natural childbirth and rooming-in; artificial insemination and in vitro fertilisation; sterilisation and abortion: womenOCOs health and reproduction went through a revolution in the twentieth century as scientific advances confronted ethical and political dilemmas. In New Zealand, the major site for this revolution was National WomenOCOs Hospital. Established in Auckland in 1946, with a purpose-built building that opened in 1964, National WomenOCOs was the home of medical breakthroughs by Sir William (Bill) Liley and Sir ...
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Natural childbirth and rooming-in; artificial insemination and in vitro fertilisation; sterilisation and abortion: womenOCOs health and reproduction went through a revolution in the twentieth century as scientific advances confronted ethical and political dilemmas. In New Zealand, the major site for this revolution was National WomenOCOs Hospital. Established in Auckland in 1946, with a purpose-built building that opened in 1964, National WomenOCOs was the home of medical breakthroughs by Sir William (Bill) Liley and Sir Graham (Mont) Liggins; of the Lawson quintuplets and the ?glamorous gynaecologistsOCO; and of scandals surrounding the so-called ?unfortunate experimentOCO and the neonatal chest physiotherapy inquiry. In this major history, Linda Bryder traces the evolution of National WomenOCOs in order to tell a wider story of reproductive health. She uses the varying perspectives of doctors, nurses, midwives, consumer groups and patients to show how together their dialogue shaped the nature of motherhood and womenOCOs health in twentieth-century New Zealand."
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Add this copy of The Rise and Fall of National Women's Hospital: a to cart. $97.68, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by Auckland University Press.
