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Title Midwives' tales : stories of traditional and professional birthing in Samoa / Lesley Barclay [and others]
Edition 1st ed
Published Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxix, 226 pages) : illustrations
Contents Where it began -- Traditional birthing -- Western ways: colonised birthing -- Changing attitudes -- Learning from each other -- Developing partnerships -- Where to from here -- Discussing the future: Pelenatete's story
Summary "This book allows Samoan midwives to speak for themselves about the variety of birthing practices in their country. Their accounts carry many important lessons for anyone concerned with human resource development in countries that are working to build sustainable health systems."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index
Notes English
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Subject Midwifery -- Samoa
Childbirth -- Samoa
Birth customs -- Samoa
Patient compliance.
Midwifery
Developing Countries
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Medicine, Traditional
Nurse Midwives
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
midwives.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth.
MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Patient compliance
Birth customs
Childbirth
Midwifery
SUBJECT American Samoa
Subject Samoa
Genre/Form Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
Author Barclay, Lesley
LC no. 2004029422
ISBN 1423781163
9781423781165
1282452029
9781282452022
9780826591999
082659199X