Vested interests: the 1902 Midwives Act as a case study in professional identity

Some scholars, in examining the debate which led up to the Midwives Act of 1902, have portrayed the conflict as a struggle between the monolithic medical profession and midwives. However, this thesis demonstrates that the late nineteenth-century medical profession was still very much divided on the...

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Main Author: Stanley, Heather Michelle
Other Authors: McLaren, Angus
Language:English
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Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2093