title: [Clinical and medical assistance in childbirth: trajectory of national and international influences, Santiago, Chile, 1900-1950].
abstract: This article outlines various aspects of the history of medical assistance for childbirth and its professionalization in Santiago, Chile, identifying the influences and interactions of Chilean medicine and national health and social policies with European clinical obstetrics and social medicine. It also explores the discussion and selective adoption and adaptation of these ideas by the Latin American scientific community and Chile's increasing interest in the US-developed field of public health specialization in the first half of the 20th century.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Philosophie et Humanités, Université Alberto Hurtado.
authors.forename: Maria Soledad Zarate
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Campos
mesh_terms: D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006700:Home Childbirth / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000266:history*; D036801:Parturition; D011247:Pregnancy