Title Changing birth in the Andes : culture, policy and safe motherhood in Peru / Lucia Guerra-Reyes

Published Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource Contents The making of the intercultural birthing policy in Peru -- Higher up and farther away : implementing intercultural birth in Cusco and Cajamarca -- Constructing interculturality, civilizing birth -- Strategizing for a good birth : women, men, and traditional lay midwives -- The doctor does get respect : clinic midwives' experiences of intercultural birthing Summary The challenges of culturally respectful birth for indigenous women in Latin America Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 07, 2019) Subject Maternal Health Services -- organization & administration Parturition Culture Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Policy Maternal health services -- Peru -- Administration Maternal health services -- Peru -- Organization Maternal health services -- Peru Mothers -- Mortality -- Peru Maternal health services -- Administration. Maternal health services. Mothers -- Mortality. Peru Peru. Form Electronic book ISBN 0826522386 9780826522382

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