Pay the midwife! The cost of delivery in nineteenth-century rural West Flanders: the case of midwife Joanna Mestdagh
This article focuses on the determinants of the economic cost of at-home childbirth in Flanders in the nineteenth century. Literature on the remuneration of medical professionals in the nineteenth century is sparse. Yet the few existing studies show that fixed rates per delivery did not exist during...
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| Language: | English |
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2018-12-01
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| Series: | Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.tseg.nl/articles/10.18352/tseg.985/ |