Multi-disciplinary perspectives on post-partum depression: An anthropological critique

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1983, Pages 1027-1041

  Stern, Gwen ^a   Kruckman, Laurence ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLKLORE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; PUERPERIUM;

EID: 0020652001     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(83)90408-2     Document Type: Article

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