‘Poor whiteism’, white maternal mortality, and the promotion of public health in south africa: The department of public health’s endorsement of contraceptive services, 1930–1938

South African Historical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-78

  Klausen, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTRACEPTION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33744941467     PISSN: 02582473     EISSN: 17261686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02582470108671402     Document Type: Article

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