Tag: Midwives

January 20, 2024

Witches, Midwives & Nurses A History of Women Healers, 2nd Edition [Audiobook]

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Free Download Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English, Sarah Mollo-Christensen (Narrator), "Witches, Midwives & Nurses: A History of Women Healers, 2nd Edition"
English | ASIN: B0CRHXTYMN | 2024 | M4B@64 kbps | ~01:55:00 | 66 MB
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses examines how women-led healing was delegitimized to make way for patriarchy, capitalism, and the emerging medical industry.
As we watch another agonizing attempt to shift the future of healthcare in the United States, we are reminded of the longevity of this crisis, and how firmly entrenched we are in a system that doesn’t work.

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January 1, 2024

Mothers, Midwives and Reimagining Birthing in the South Bronx Breathe, Now Push

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Free Download Mothers, Midwives and Reimagining Birthing in the South Bronx: Breathe, Now Push by Jennifer Dohrn
English | PDF (True) | 2023 | 195 Pages | ISBN : 3031437764 | 2.5 MB
Women came through the doors at a community-based birthing center in the South Bronx seeking prenatal care. They had heard about the center from a neighbor, a parents’ group at their children’s school, or the local mosque or church. What they found when they arrived was a brightly-colored waiting area that resembled a living room, children immersed in games in a corner, and staff that reflected the mosaic of cultures living in the surrounding apartments. They also met midwives who asked about their lives, their children, their families and traditions. If pregnancies developed complications, back-up obstetricians were there to give higher levels of care, with the women returning to the midwifery center afterwards. The results were healthy mothers and healthy babies. For over twenty years the center became a haven for women’s health care and a national exemplar.

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