Gender performances during labor and birth in the midwives model of care

Gender Issues

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 205-223

  Carter, Shannon K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Femininity; Gender performance; Midwives; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951947623     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-009-9084-x     Document Type: Article

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