Free markets and dead mothers: The social ecology of maternal mortality in post-socialist Mongolia

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 230-257

  Janes, Craig R ^a   Chuluundorj, Oyuntsetseg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Mongolia; Neoliberal reform; Political ecology of pastoralism; Post socialist societies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIGRATION; MONGOLIA; POLITICS; POVERTY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; ECOLOGY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MONGOLIA; POLITICS; POVERTY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 4644327071     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2004.18.2.230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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