"A familiar, not fearful place": Sensory histories of hospital birth in twentieth-century North America

2025/02/06 by Wood, Whitney
#Hospitals--Maternity services--North America #Labor (Obstetrics)--North America #Natural childbirth--North America #Prenatal care--North America

paper · doi:10.25316/ir-20301

Abstract

This article was originally published as: Wood, W. (2025). "A familiar, not fearful place": Sensory histories of hospital birth in twentieth-century North America. The Senses and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/17458927.2024.2402966

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