Which of the following helped doctors gain control over childbirth?
a. ?Religious beliefs that women should suffer in childbirth.
b. The growing belief that childbirth was a natural biological process.
c. Popular prejudice against immigrants, women, and non-whites.
d. Laws supporting allopathic medicine.
e. Scientific evidence of the safety of doctor-assisted childbirth.
ANSWER:
c
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