Ways of knowing about birth in three cultures

Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 183-208

  Sargent, Carolyn F ^a   Bascope, Grace ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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