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Jewish women --- -Maternal health services --- -Maternal and infant welfare --- -Jewish women --- -Infant health services --- -Infants --- -Babies --- Infancy --- Children --- Infants --- Maternal and infant health services --- Child health services --- Maternal and infant welfare --- Women, Jewish --- Women --- Infant welfare --- Maternity welfare --- Child welfare --- Mothers --- Maternal health services --- Health services, Maternal --- Maternal and child health services --- Maternal health care --- Maternity care --- Mother and child health services --- Perinatal care --- Safe motherhood programs --- Obstetrics --- Reproductive health services --- Women's health services --- Health and hygiene --- -Services for --- -Health and hygiene --- -Medical care --- Charities, protection, etc. --- Charities --- Medical care --- Infant health services --- Babies --- Services for --- England --- London (England) --- Jewish women - Health and hygiene - England - London. --- Maternal health services - England - London. --- Maternal and infant welfare - England - London. --- Jewish women - Services for - England - London. --- Infant health services - England - London. --- Infants - Health and hygiene - England - London.

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For centuries London has been at the centre of the social and economic fabric of British life, and its empire. London has not only been renowned for its pivotal role in the world of finance and politics, but also for its acute problems of overcrowding and social and economic dislocation. Starting in 1902 and ending just before the outbreak of the Second World War, Metropolitan Maternity highlights the distinct role London played in these years within the debates and policies concerning the economic and military future and physical welfare of the nation. Focusing on the expansion of maternal and child health and welfare services in the early twentieth century, this book shows that London mothers and children tended to be better served than those in provincial cities or rural areas. Yet even in London some areas were better served than others. A central theme of the book is the complexity of socio-economic and political forces that determined the differing levels of provision and health standards within the city. The book also examines the increasing emphasis placed on state sponsorship of health services in the early twentieth century and the growing willingness to involve and listen to mothers and their needs in the planning and development of services.

Health care and health services. --- History of medicine --- Infant health services --- Maternal and infant welfare --- Maternal health services --- Medicine and society. --- Obstetrics. --- Pediatrics. --- United kingdom. --- History --- Infants --- Maternal and infant health services --- Child health services --- Infant welfare --- Maternity welfare --- Child welfare --- Mothers --- Women --- Health services, Maternal --- Maternal and child health services --- Maternal health care --- Maternity care --- Mother and child health services --- Perinatal care --- Safe motherhood programs --- Obstetrics --- Reproductive health services --- Women's health services --- Medical care --- Charities, protection, etc. --- Charities

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Lara Marks traces the scientific origins of the pill to Europe and Mexico in the early years of the twentieth century, challenging previous accounts that championed it as a North American product. She explores the reasons why the pill took so long to be developed and explains why it did not prove to be the social panacea envisioned by its inventors. Unacceptable to the Catholic Church, rejected by countries such as India and Japan, too expensive for women in poor countries, it has, more recently, been linked to cardiovascular problems. Reviewing the positive effects of the pill, Marks shows how it has been transformed from a tool for the prevention of conception to a major weapon in the fight against cancer. [publisher's description]

Oral contraceptives --- History. --- Social aspects --- History --- Gynaecology. Obstetrics --- Human medicine --- Gynaecologie. Obstetrica --- Menselijke geneeskunde --- Geschiedenis --- Anovulants, Oral --- Birth control pills --- Contraceptives, Oral --- Oral anovulants --- Oral contraceptives, Female --- Pill, Birth control --- Pill, The --- Contraceptive drugs --- Gynecologic drugs --- Progestational hormones --- Social aspects&delete& --- Contraception --- Medical sciences --- Contraceptive pill --- Book

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Brings together leading historians of medicine to explore the intersection of government power and medical knowledge in revealing studies of human experimentation. The examples given illustrate the extent to which living human bodies have been "useful" and emphasize the need for intense regulation. Though notoriously associated with Germany, human experimentation in the name of science has been practised in other countries, as well, both before and after the Nazi era. The use of unwitting or unwilling subjects in experiments designed to test the effects of radiation and disease on the human body emerged at the turn of the 20th century, when the rise of the modern, coercive state and the professionalization of medical science converged. "Useful Bodies" brings together leading historians of medicine to explore the intersection of government power and medical knowledge in revealing studies of human experimentation - germ warfare and jaundice tests in Great Britain; radiation, malaria and hepatitis experiments in the US; and nuclear fallout trials in Australia. These examples of medical abuse illustrate the extent to which living human bodies have been "useful" to democratic states and emphasize the need for intense scrutiny and regulation to prevent future violations.

Human experimentation in medicine --- Expérimentation humaine en médecine --- History --- Histoire --- experiment, experimenteel onderzoek (mensen) --- ethiek (ethische aspecten) --- expérimentation sur la personne humaine (chez l'humain) --- ethique (aspects ethiques) --- Expérimentation humaine en médecine --- Experimentation on humans, Medical --- Medical experimentation on humans --- Medical ethics --- Medicine --- Medicine, Experimental --- Clinical trials --- Research