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Childbirth Across Cultures Ideas and Practices of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Postpartum /

Childbirth Across Cultures explores the childbirth process through globally diverse perspectives to offer a broader context with which to think about birth. It addresses multiple rituals and management models surrounding the labor and birth process from communities across the globe. Labor and birth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Selin, Helaine (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Colección:Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, 5
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Birth and the Big Bad Wolf: An Evolutionary Perspective1
  • Breastfeeding and Child Spacing
  • Culturally Diverse Women Giving Birth: Their Stories
  • A History of Western Medicine, Labor, and Birth
  • Childbirth in China
  • Childbirth Among Hong Kong Chinese
  • Childbirth in Korea
  • Childbirth in Japan
  • A Sacramental Theory of Childbirth in India
  • Rural Midwives in South India: The Politics of Bodily Knowledge
  • Constructions of Birth in Bangladesh
  • Pregnancy and Childbirth in Nepal: Women's Role and Decision-Making Power
  • Pregnancy and Childbirth in Tibet: Knowledge, Perspectives, and Practices
  • Nyob Nruab Hlis: Thirty Days Confinement in Hmong Culture
  • Pregnancy, Childbirth and Traditional Beliefs and Practices in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand
  • Childbirth Experience in the Negev - The Southern Region of Israel
  • Childbirth and Maternal Mortality in Morocco: The Role of Midwives
  • Childbirth in Zimbabwe
  • Childbirth in Nigeria
  • Childbirth in Tanzania: Individual, Family, Community
  • Culture, Pregnancy and Childbirth in Uganda: Surviving the Women's Battle
  • Childbirth Experiences in Malawi
  • Navajo Birth: A Bridge Between the Past and the Future
  • Childbirth in the Mayan Communities
  • Converting Birth on Simbo, Western Solomon Islands
  • Childbirth in Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women.