Burning bridges: Policy, practice, and the destruction of midwifery in rural Costa Rica

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1893-1909

  Jenkins, Gwynne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Costa Rica; Midwifery; Prenatal massage; Reproductive policy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; MATERNAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

CERTIFICATION; CHILDBIRTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSTA RICA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MASSAGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CERTIFICATION; COSTA RICA; CULTURE; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MASSAGE; MIDWIFERY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0037400921     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00212-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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