Traditional beliefs about pregnancy and child birth among women from Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand

Midwifery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-153

  Liamputtong, Pranee ^a   Yimyam, Susanha ^b   Parisunyakul, Sukanya ^b   Baosoung, Chavee ^b   Sansiriphun, Nantaporn ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Child birth; Northern Thailand; Pregnancy; Thai women; Traditional beliefs and practices; Traditions and changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIETY; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL CHANGE; THAILAND;

EID: 18344379319     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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