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Recent years have seen many changes in human reproduction resulting from state and medical interventions in childbearing processes. Based on empirical work in a variety of societies and countries, this volume considers the relationship between reproductive processes (of fertility, pregnancy, childbi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bonaccorso, Monica M. E. (Contribuidor), Donner, Henrike (Contribuidor), Ganapathy, Saraswathy (Contribuidor), George, Asha (Contribuidor), Kilaru, Asha (Contribuidor), Madhok, Sumi (Contribuidor), Mahendra, Shanti (Contribuidor), Matthews, Zoe (Contribuidor), Patel, Tulsi (Contribuidor), Ramakrishna, Jayashree (Contribuidor), Shaw, Alison (Contribuidor), Simpson, Bob (Contribuidor), Stones, William (Contribuidor), Tremayne, Soraya (Contribuidor), Unnithan-Kumar, Maya (Contribuidor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2004]
Colección:Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ; 3
Temas:
Childbirth > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Ethnology.
Fertility, Human > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Human reproductive technology > Government policy > Cross-cultural studies.
Human reproductive technology > Public opinion > Cross-cultural studies.
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Reproductive technology.
Social change.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
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Sumario:Recent years have seen many changes in human reproduction resulting from state and medical interventions in childbearing processes. Based on empirical work in a variety of societies and countries, this volume considers the relationship between reproductive processes (of fertility, pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period) on the one hand and attitudes, medical technologies and state health policies in diverse cultural contexts on the other.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 p.)
ISBN:9781782388623
Acceso:restricted access

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