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The Cultural Context of Therapeutic Choice - Obstetrical Care Decisions Among the Bariba of Benin (Hardcover, 1982 ed.)
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The Cultural Context of Therapeutic Choice - Obstetrical Care Decisions Among the Bariba of Benin (Hardcover, 1982 ed.)
Series: Culture, Illness and Healing, 3
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This book examines the factors influencing women's choices of
obstetrical care in a Bariba community in the People's Republic of
Benin, West Africa. When selecting a research topic, I decided to
investigate health care among the Bariba for several reasons.
First, I had served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in northern Benin
(then Dahomey) and had established a network of contacts in the
region. In addition, I had worked for a year as assistant manager
of a pharmacy in a northern town and had become interested in the
pattern of utilization of health care services by urban residents.
This three-year residence proved an invaluable asset in preparing
and conducting research in the northern region. In particular, I
was able to establish relationships with several indigenous
midwives whose families I already knew both from prior research
experience and mutual friend ships. These relationships enabled me
to obtain detailed information regarding obstetrical practice and
thus form the foundation of this book. The fieldwork upon which the
book is directly based was conducted between June 1976 and December
1977 and sponsored by the F ord-Rockefeller Popula tion Policy
Program, the Social Science Research Council, the National Science
Foundation, and the FUlbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research
Program. The Ford-Rockefeller Population Policy Program funded the
project as a collab oration between myself and Professor Eusebe
Alihonou, Professor Agrege (Gynecologie-Obstetrique) at the
National University of Benin."
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