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Childbed death

Giving birth but fearing death: Perceptions and precautions in Scotland in the early modern period

Research into midwives' perceptions of loss in childbearing (Sheen et al, 2015) has shown that midwives who have not experienced the death of a woman in childbirth (maternal death) are unlikely to...

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