The corporeal, the social and space/place: Exploring intersections from a midwifery perspective in New Zealand

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-391

  Davis, Deborah ^a   Walker, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birthplace; Childbirth; Corporeal; Midwifery; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PARTURITION; PUBLIC SPACE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77952404369     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663691003737645     Document Type: Article

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