The hospital as a birthing site: Narratives of local women in Nigeria

Reproduction, Childbearing, and Motherhood: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 143-157

  Izugbara, Chimaraoke Otutubikey ^a,b   Ukwayi, Joseph Kinuabeye ^b,c  

^a African Population Health and Research Center   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

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