Events
The Annual Isidore I. Benrubi Lecture in the History and Ethics of Public Health
Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 4:00am - 6:00am
Columbia University
Medical School
Mailman School of Public Health
The Allan Rosenfield Building Hess Commons
The Annual Isidore I.
Benrubi Lecture in the
History and Ethics of Public Health
The Changing Picture of Childbirth in America
Speaker: Judith W. Leavitt, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Comments by: Guy I. Benrubi, MD, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville
Dr. Leavitt's talk will explore the evolution of childbirth in America from traditional process when women were "brought to bed" by midwives at home, through the early twentieth century period when women were "alone among strangers" in the hospital, to the more varied practices.
4:00 Reception
RSVP: nnn4@columbia.edu
History and Ethics of Public Health
The Changing Picture of Childbirth in America
Speaker: Judith W. Leavitt, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Comments by: Guy I. Benrubi, MD, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville
Dr. Leavitt's talk will explore the evolution of childbirth in America from traditional process when women were "brought to bed" by midwives at home, through the early twentieth century period when women were "alone among strangers" in the hospital, to the more varied practices.
4:00 Reception
RSVP: nnn4@columbia.edu