Fathers and Hospital Childbirth in New Zealand

This article explores the reasons for that social change, including ideas in the 1950s about the psychological benefits to the family of men's attendance, and the influence of the women's and consumer movements of the 1970s. It then examines attitudes to the changes among health professionals as well as men and women themselves, and explores whether, once men's attendance had become the norm, the reality met expectations.
Source: Social History of Medicine - Category: History of Medicine Authors: Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research