A socio-anthropological study of birth in Morocco;Une analyse socio-anthropologique de la naissance au Maroc

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-79

  Makhlouf Obermeyer, C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Birth; Health care; Risk; Traditional practices

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; BIRTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MOROCCO; REVIEW; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERVIEW; LABOR; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MOROCCO; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0033624971     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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