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This document discusses the history of the medical subordination of midwifery in Australia from the 19th to early 20th centuries. It describes how doctors sought to establish themselves as the dominant profession over midwives and other healthcare providers through alliances with the state. Midwives had traditionally provided most maternity care, but faced oppression as doctors competed for patients and sought to increase their incomes and social status. Through claims of midwives being unclean, and allianc

Author

Ninne Gerdha

Language

EN