Changing roles and identities of midwives in Rural Costa Rica

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 409-444

  Jenkins, Gwynne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Development; Midwifery; Modernization; Reproductive policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COSTA RICA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MIDWIFE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CERTIFICATION; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0040623241     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2001.9966200     Document Type: Article

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