Changing birth in the Andes : culture, policy, and safe motherhood in Peru /

Changing birth in the Andes : culture, policy, and safe motherhood in Peru /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Guerra-Reyes, Lucia, 1974- author.
Imprint:	Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2019]
Description:	xii, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Maternal health services -- Peru. Mothers -- Mortality -- Peru. Maternal health services -- Peru -- Organization. Maternal health services -- Peru -- Administration. Maternal Health Services -- organization & administration. Parturition. Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice. Culture. Health Policy. Maternal health services. Maternal health services -- Administration. Mothers -- Mortality. Peru. Peru.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11963968

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ISBN:	9780826522368 082652236X 9780826522375 0826522378 9780826522382
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-266) and index.

Table of 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.