Postmodern Midwives in Japan: The Offspring of Modern Hospital Birth

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 141-184

  Matsuoka, Etsuko ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative childbirth; Birth center; Japan; Midwife; Postmodern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY ROOM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PHILOSOPHY; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; JAPAN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0035748872     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2001.9966193     Document Type: Article

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