When is deliberate killing of young children justified? Indigenous interpretations of infanticide in Bolivia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 352-361

  de Hilari, Caroline ^a   Condori, Irma ^b   Dearden, Kirk A ^c  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b Consejo de Salud Rural Andino/Curaméricas ^*  (Bolivia)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aymara; Bolivia; Child survival; Children; Gender; Indigenous; Infanticide; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INFANTICIDE; SURVIVAL; VIOLENCE;

BOLIVIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AYMARA;

EID: 58149510307     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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