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MIDWIVES AND MOTHERS

MIDWIVES AND MOTHERS

THE MEDICALIZATION OF CHILDBIRTH ON A GUATEMALAN PLANTATION

SHEILA COSMINSKY

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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS
Año de edición:
2016
ISBN:
978-1-4773-1139-4
Páginas:
318
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Covering a forty-year period, this comparative and longitudinal study traces the medicalization of birth in Guatemala and its effects on women's lives and their economic and social status.

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