Midwives and mothers : the medicalization of childbirth on a Guatemalan plantation /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cosminsky, Sheila (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 43.
Temas:
Midwives > Guatemala > Social conditions.
Traditional medicine > Guatemala.
Childbirth > Social aspects > Guatemala.
Maternal health services > Social aspects > Guatemala.
Plantation life > Health aspects > Guatemala.
Rural development > Health aspects > Guatemala.
Maternal Health Services
Sages-femmes > Guatemala > Conditions sociales.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Childbirth > Social aspects
Maternal health services > Social aspects
Traditional medicine
Guatemala
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Midwives, knowledge, and power at birth
  • María's world : the plantation
  • The role of the midwife : María and Siriaca
  • Hands and intuition : the midwife's prenatal care
  • Soften the pain : management of labor and delivery
  • Looking after mother and infant : postpartum care
  • To heal and to hold : midwife as healer and doctor to the family
  • Career or calling : national health policies and midwifery training programs
  • Medicalization through the lens of childbirth
  • Appendix I. Medicinal plants and remedies mentioned by midwives
  • Appendix II. common and scientific names of medicinal plants.

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