Childbirth and pragmatic midwifery in Rural Ghana

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 379-408

  Geurts, Kathryn ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anlo Ewe; Childbirth; Ghana; Medical anthropology; Midwifery; Modernity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY ROOM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GHANA; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0035747689     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2001.9966199     Document Type: Article

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