The experience of labour: Using ethnography to explore the irresistible nature of the bio-medical metaphor during labour

Midwifery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 78-84

  Machin, David ^a   Scamell, Mandie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMBOLISM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0031160075     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-6138(97)90060-7     Document Type: Article

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