An analysis of how the general practitioner has been brought into antenatal care
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-337) and index
Introduction -- [Part] I. Great expectations : antenatal care 1900-1960. Pregnancy before 1900 ; Children of the nation ; Save the mothers ; No magic answer ; Fighting for health ; Doctors' dilemmas -- [Part] II. The reign of technology : antenatal care. Getting to know the fetus ; Controlling labour -- [Part] III. Unsolved problems of antenatal care. No place like home ; Consumers' revolt ; Women, the state & the medical profession ; Tomorrow's world -- Efforts of an obstetrician in cosmic time