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Since 1970, Professor Obladen has been a driving force in the research and implementation of neonatology in Germany and Europe. He set the standard of newborn intensive care with his textbook “Neonatal Intensive Care” and was a key figure in establishing the pediatric subspecialty of Neonatology in Germany.

For 50 years, Michael Obladen has been unearthing and compiling sources on the cultural and medical history of the newborn, which resulted in his latest book “Oxford Textbook of The Newborn: A Cultural and Medical History”

OXFORD TEXTBOOK OF THE NEWBORN
A CULTURAL AND MEDICAL HISTORY

… not another history of famous doctors, but a history of endangered newborns and their fate in medicine and society. The Newborn identifies the technical, medical, social and political conditions that improved – or compromised – the infant‘s quality of life.

Each chapter rests on a careful analysis of fiendishly hard-to-find sources, some in obscure languages, many tapped for the first time. Exhaustive research was undertaken, which included the study of historic documents, hospital charts, archives, libraries, churches, and excavation fields. Each chapter is illustrated with poignant, often startling images.

The Newborn will be of major interest to scholars, professionals and students specializing in obstetrics, midwifery, pediatrics, neonatal nursing, and neonatology. Medical terminology has been used cautiously, and a glossary has been added to make the text accessible outside the health professions. So the book will likewise appeal to academics from the social sciences, public health, health policy law, the history of medicine and biomedical ethics, as well as to practitioners in these disciplines, and others who are interested in the culture of medicine.

ISBN 978-0-19-885480-7
published in August 2021
Author: Michael Obladen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
432 pages, 257 figures
Hardcover, £ 75,- /€ 87,-