Changing Birth in the Andes: Culture, Policy, and Safe Motherhood in Peru - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Vanderbilt University PressISBN-13:9780826522375ISBN-10:826522378UPC:9780826522375Book Category:Political Science, Medical, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:World, Public Health, AnthropologyBook Topic:Caribbean & Latin American, Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.8598Product ID:SC24P1RGQC
Changing Birth in the Andes: Culture, Policy, and Safe Motherhood in Peru
In 1997, when Lucia Guerra-Reyes began research in Peru, she observed a profound disconnect between the birth care desires of health personnel and those of indigenous women. Midwives and doctors would plead with her as the anthropologist to "educate women about the dangerous inadequacy of their traditions." They failed to see how their aim of achieving low rates of maternal mortality clashed with...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Vanderbilt University PressISBN-13:9780826522375ISBN-10:826522378UPC:9780826522375Book Category:Political Science, Medical, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:World, Public Health, AnthropologyBook Topic:Caribbean & Latin American, Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.8598Product ID:SC24P1RGQC
Guerra-Reyes, Lucia: - Lucia Guerra-Reyes, a Peruvian medical anthropologist, is an assistant professor of applied health science in the School of Public Health at Indiana University Bloomington.
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