Where there is no midwife : birth and loss in rural India /

In the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, an agricultural region with high rates of infant mortality, maternal health services are poor while family planning efforts are intensive. By following the daily lives of women in this setting, the author considers women's own experiences of birth and i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pinto, Sarah, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.
Colección:ACLS Fellows' Publications.
Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 10.
Temas:
Childbirth > India.
Rural health > India.
Rural health.
Parturition
Rural Health
Santé rurale > Inde.
Santé rurale.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Childbirth
Rural health
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title page-Where there is no midwife; Contents; Note on Transliterations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ch 1-Work where there is no midwife; Ch 2-Bodies the poisonous lotus; Ch 3-Medicine development without inistitutions; Ch 4-Seeing visuality in pregnancy; Ch 5-Dying in the big, big hands of Goc; Ch 6-Ideals ciphers of tradition; Ch 7-Talk casting desire; Epilogue; Notes; Work cited; Index.

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