Managing Labor and Delivery among Impoverished Populations in Mexico: Cervical Examinations as Bureaucratic Practice

American Anthropologist

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 595-607

  Smith Oka, Vania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Burocracia; M xico; Mexico; Patient physician relationship; Relaci n m dico paciente; Reproducci n; Reproduction; Salud femenina; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888034904     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aman.12046     Document Type: Article

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