An Ethnohistory of a Granny Midwife

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-18

  Barry, Detrice G ^a   Boyle, Joyceen S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ART; ARTICLE; HEALTH; HISTORY; INTERVIEW; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; GEORGIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PORTRAITS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0040108773     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104365969600800103     Document Type: Article

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