Babies and belonging: Reproduction, citizenship, and undocumented nicaraguan labor migrant women in Costa Rica

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 545-568

  Goldade, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Medical services; Nicaraguan migration; South south migration; Stratified reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COSTA RICA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MIGRATION; NICARAGUA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; BIRTH RATE; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NICARAGUA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN;

EID: 80052656849     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2011.577043     Document Type: Article

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