Intuition as authoritative knowledge in midwifery and home birth

Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 315-349

  Davis Floyd, Robbie ^a   Davis, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

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