Maternity, Medicine, and Power Reproductive Decisions in Urban Benin.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sargent, Carolyn Fishel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Birmingham : University of California Press, 2021.
Colección:Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care Series.
Temas:
Maternal health services > Benin.
Women, Bariba > Medical care.
Bariba (African people) > Social conditions.
Bariba (African people) > Medicine.
Obstetrics.
City dwellers.
Obstetrics
Urban Population
Bariba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Conditions sociales.
Obstétrique.
Citadins.
Bariba (African people) > Medicine
City dwellers
Maternal health services
Social conditions
Benin > Social conditions.
Bénin > Conditions sociales.
Benin
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. MEDICAL BELIEFS AND PRACTICES AMONG URBAN BARIBA
  • 3. PATTERNS OF OBSTETRICAL CARE AMONG PARAKOU WOMEN
  • 4. OCCUPATION AND REPRODUCTIVE PRACTICE
  • 5. COSMOLOGY AND MEDICAL CHOICE
  • 6. STATUS IN PARAKOU
  • 7. PAIN AND URBAN ETHNICITY
  • 8. PROSPECTS FOR INDIGENOUS MEDICINE IN BENIN
  • 9. CONCLUSION
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Appendix D
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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