The Mothers' Clinic
| Autor: | Alan S. Parkes, Dee King |
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| Rok vydání: | 1974 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Biosocial Science. 6:163-182 |
| ISSN: | 1469-7599 0021-9320 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0021932000009615 |
| Popis: | The interview technique was used in order to bring out the highlights of the operation of the Marie Stopes clinic in the 1920s and the 1930s in London. The 1st contact was with Joan Windley Secretary to the Marie Stopes Memorial Center since it was established in 1960. Windley was able to locate Dr. Evelyn Fisher 1 of the clinic doctors and a few early patients. Dr. Fisher joined the clinic in 1932 and was most helpful and knowledgeable. She had overlapped at the clinic for several years with the 86-year old receptionist E. Richardson and was thus in a position to provide some information about the clinic in the 1920s. The extensive conversation with Dr. Fisher forms the basis of this discussion. The Mothers Clinic -- the 1st pioneer birth control clinic -- was founded in March 1921 and was advertised by means of a leaflet. The clinic neighborhood was poor and working class. Some summary histories of cases are included. 2 evening sessions a week were held to provide instruction regarding birth control to working women. When the clinic began the staff was made up of the receptionist and 2 nurses. Advice and examination were free and the devices themselves were as inexpensive as possible. The cap mainly used in the clinic was the cervical cap. The Dutch cap now generally referred to as the diaphragm was also used. After a few years the clinic ran training sessions for doctors -- the 1st clinic to do so. |
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