HOW I BECAME A MIDWIFE: IDENTITY, BIOGRAPHICAL WORK, AND LEGITIMATION IN MIDWIVES' WORK NARRATIVES

Advances in Gender Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2004, Pages 87-128

  Foley, Lara ^a  

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EID: 34247661773     PISSN: 15292126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-2126(04)08004-X     Document Type: Review

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