"Women come here on their own when they need to": Prenatal care, authoritative knowledge, and maternal health in Oaxaca

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-140

  Sesia, Paola M ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES Y ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES EN ANTROPOLOGÍA SOCIAL CIESAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritative knowledge; Ethno obstetrics; Maternal health; Mexico; Prenatal care; Traditional midwives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTHORITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABOR; MALE; MEXICO; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; AUTHORITARIANISM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MEXICO; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0030170947     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1996.10.2.02a00020     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Aguirre Beltrán, Gonzalo 1986 Antropología médica. Mexico City: CIESAS.
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3. Buekens, Pierre, Patricia Hernández, and Claudia Infante 1990 La atención prenatal en América Latina. Salud pública de México 32(6):673-682.