Midwifery across the generations: A modernizing midwife in Guatemala

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 345-378

  Cosminksy, Sheila ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Guatemala; Medicalization; Midwifery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDWIFERY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0035747965     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2001.9966198     Document Type: Article

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