Traditional birth attendants in Mexico: Advantages and inadequacies of care for normal deliveries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-207

  Castaneda Camey, X ^a   Garcia Barrios, C ^a   Romero Guerrero, X ^a   Nunez Urquiza, R M ^a   Gonzalez Hernandez, D ^a   Langer Glass, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hot cold syndromes; Indigenous medicine; Maternal and child care; Medical anthropology; Traditional birth attendant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEXICO; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SYMBOLISM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAINING;

MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS;

MEXICO, MORELOS;

EID: 0029669896     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00362-2     Document Type: Article

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