Nothing to Work With but Cleanliness
The Training of African American Traditional Midwives in the South
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11029366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sheena M Morrison (Sheena M. Morrison is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY. Elizabeth Fee is with the Division of the History of Medicine, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.), Elizabeth Fee (Sheena M. Morrison is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY. Elizabeth Fee is with the Division of the History of Medicine, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 238-239 |
| Publication date | 2010-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2009.182873 |
| PMID | 20019293 |
| PMCID | PMC2804652 |
| OpenAlex | W2090536495 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The article discusses the history of midwifery in the U.S. Although midwives had been mostly displaced by physicians in the Northeastern cities by the 1920s, African American midwives continued to practice in rural communities in the Southern U.S. Reformers who wanted to end midwifery compromised by registering midwives with local health departments and requiring them to attend classes
Family medicine · Geography · Nothing · Nurse-Midwives · Obstetrics · Pregnancy · Training (meteorology) · Work (physics) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Medical History and Innovations · Medicine · Nursing
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |