title: An ethnohistory of a granny midwife. Interview by Detrice G. Barry and Joyceen S. Boyle.
abstract: This ethnohistorical study described the life health care history of Mrs. Beatrice Cody and her career as a granny midwife in rural Georgia. Mrs. Cody was a trained granny midwife who worked under the supervision of a physician to assist with births and provide care to mothers and infants in rural Georgia during the 1950s. The data were obtained through in-depth interviews and were analyzed by the constant comparative method. Two major themes are described: Surviving hard times and Serving God and others. These themes represented Mrs. Cody's account of her life health care history and shaped her career as a granny midwife.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cody
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000266:history; D005845:Georgia; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000266:history*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D012423:Rural Health