Is Childbirth With Midwives Natural? The Gaze of the Feminine and the Pull of the Masculine

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 652-659

  Turner, Paaige K ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993804259     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107780002237016     Document Type: Article

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