Intuition as authoritative knowledge in Midwifery and Homebirth

Intuition: The Inside Story: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 145-176

  Davis Floyd, Robbie ^a,b   Davis, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mount St Joseph ^*  (United States)

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