Childbirth across cultures ideas and practices of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum
Childbirth Across Cultures explores the childbirth process through globally diverse perspectives to offer a broader context with which to think about birth. It addresses multiple rituals and management models surrounding the labor and birth process from communities across the globe. Labor and birth...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer
c2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science,
5 |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009455129906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Birth and the Big Bad Wolf: An Evolutionary Perspective1
- Breastfeeding and Child Spacing
- Culturally Diverse Women Giving Birth: Their Stories
- A History of Western Medicine, Labor, and Birth
- Childbirth in China
- Childbirth Among Hong Kong Chinese
- Childbirth in Korea
- Childbirth in Japan
- A Sacramental Theory of Childbirth in India
- Rural Midwives in South India: The Politics of Bodily Knowledge
- Constructions of Birth in Bangladesh
- Pregnancy and Childbirth in Nepal: Women’s Role and Decision-Making Power
- Pregnancy and Childbirth in Tibet: Knowledge, Perspectives, and Practices
- Nyob Nruab Hlis: Thirty Days Confinement in Hmong Culture
- Pregnancy, Childbirth and Traditional Beliefs and Practices in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand
- Childbirth Experience in the Negev – The Southern Region of Israel
- Childbirth and Maternal Mortality in Morocco: The Role of Midwives
- Childbirth in Zimbabwe
- Childbirth in Nigeria
- Childbirth in Tanzania: Individual, Family, Community
- Culture, Pregnancy and Childbirth in Uganda: Surviving the Women’s Battle
- Childbirth Experiences in Malawi
- Navajo Birth: A Bridge Between the Past and the Future
- Childbirth in the Mayan Communities
- Converting Birth on Simbo, Western Solomon Islands
- Childbirth in Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women.
