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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Guerra-Reyes, Lucia, 1974- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Maternal health services > Peru. Mothers > Mortality > Peru. Maternal health services > Peru > Organization. Maternal health services > Peru > Administration. Culture. Medical policy. culture note. culture (concept) POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Caribbean & Latin American. Medical policy Culture Maternal health services Maternal health services > Administration Mothers > Mortality Peru
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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.