Obstetrics in a Time of Violence: Mexican Midwives Critique Routine Hospital Practices

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 437-454

  Zacher Dixon, Lydia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexico; Midwives; Obstetrics; Violence

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84955209391     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12174     Document Type: Article

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