The evolution of a social obstetric conscience

C.H.G. MacAfee

Ulster Medical Journal
Ulster Medical Journal

Extract

. . . The title of my lecture may sound peculiar, but as my story unfolds I trust that the need and importance of public interest in obstetric practice will become apparent. The art of obstetrics is age old, and the risks to mother and child as old as recorded history, but the science of obstetrics and the appreciation of the necessity for active measures to reduce the risks are of relatively recent origin. Many factors contributed to this lack of social conscience, factors which may seem strange to a public accustomed to see all the details of a confinement portrayed in the cinema.


MacAfee CHG.  The evolution of a social obstetric conscience.  Ulster Med J. 1949 November; 18(2): 129-138, 139-142.