| Description |
1 online resource (465 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover ; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations, Sources, Terminology and Conversions; 1 -- Beginnings, 1893-1903; 2 -- Death and Re-Birth, 1903-13; 3 -- The Midwives, 1893-1913; 4 -- Blood and Babies; 5 -- Buildings and Balls, The Interwar Years; 6 -- Clinical Concerns, The Interwar Years; 7 -- War, 1939-45; 8 -- The Baby Boom Begins, circa 1945-52; 9 -- Matron Edna Shaw; 10 -- The 'Most Important Advance in Obstetrics This Century'; 11 -- The Baby Factory, 1953-63; 12 -- Care Under Stress, 1953-63; 13 -- Thalidomide, the End of Innocence |
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14 -- Rollercoaster Ride, 1964-7315 -- Staff and Supporters, Changes and Challenges, 1963-73; 16 -- Adoption Practices, 1952-73; 17 -- Crown Street Transforms, 1974-82; 18 -- Diversity in the Last Decade; 19 -- Closing Crown Street; Picture Section; Acknowledgements; References; Index |
| Summary |
The history of Sydney's pioneering maternity hospital is also a history of medical care for women in Australia, from the days of untrained midwives to alternative birthing units |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women's Hospital (Crown Street) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Women's Hospital (Crown Street) fast |
| Subject |
Hospitals -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
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Hospitals
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New South Wales -- Sydney
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781952535758 |
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1952535751 |
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