Pluralism and pragmatism: Knowledge and practice of birth in Morocco

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 180-201

  Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Ethnophysiology; Health care; Knowledge; Morocco; Pluralism; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR; MOROCCO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MOROCCO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0034199429     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2000.14.2.180     Document Type: Article

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