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Author Cosminsky, Sheila, author.

Title Midwives and mothers : the medicalization of childbirth on a Guatemalan plantation / Sheila Cosminsky.

Publication Info. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016.
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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (xii, 303 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; book forty-three
Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 43.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-288) and index.
Contents 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Midwives -- Guatemala -- Social conditions.
Midwives.
Guatemala.
Social conditions.
Traditional medicine -- Guatemala.
Traditional medicine.
Childbirth -- Social aspects -- Guatemala.
Childbirth -- Social aspects.
Childbirth.
Maternal health services -- Social aspects -- Guatemala.
Maternal health services -- Social aspects.
Maternal health services.
Plantation life -- Health aspects -- Guatemala.
Plantation life.
Rural development -- Health aspects -- Guatemala.
Rural development.
Guatemala.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Cosminsky, Sheila. Midwives and mothers. First edition. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016 9781477311387 1477311386 (DLC) 2016018052 (OCoLC)945745615
ISBN 9781477311400 (electronic book)
1477311408 (electronic book)
9781477311417 (nonlibrary e-book)
1477311416 (nonlibrary e-book)
9781477311387
1477311386
9781477311394
1477311394
Sudoc No. Z UA380.8 C821mi

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