Remaking the Guatemalan midwife: Health care reform and midwifery training programs in highland Guatemala

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-382

  Maupin, Jonathan N ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU Station B #356050 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Guatemala; Health care reform; Kaqchikel; Midwifery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSING EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDWIFERY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 55049115769     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740802427679     Document Type: Article

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