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Birth Without Doctors - Conversations with traditional midwives (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,827
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Birth Without Doctors - Conversations with traditional midwives (Hardcover): Jacqueline Vincent-Priya

Birth Without Doctors - Conversations with traditional midwives (Hardcover)

Jacqueline Vincent-Priya

Series: Health and Population Set

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Most women giving birth in rural communities throughout the Third World cannot enjoy the ''benefits'' of modern medical assistance. They are usually too expensive and too far away. This book is the result of journeys and conversations between the author, traditional midwives and mothers which took place over several years in Malaysia and Indonesia. It describes traditional birthing practices and the communities in which they have arisen.For normal births the safety record is impressive, but so too is the reassurance of ritual and the incorporation of birthing into family and society. It is interesting to discover that many practices are based not only on religious understandings but also on sound herbal medical precautions. The book's point is not merely to demonstrate the skill of the traditional midwives, nor even to challenge what seems to be the medical view that pregnancy is an illness, but to give an insight into worlds where ''barefoot'' midwifery is the norm. Originally published in 1991

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Imprint: Earthscan
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Health and Population Set
Release date: October 2009
First published: 1991
Authors: Jacqueline Vincent-Priya
Dimensions: 234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 978-1-84971-038-1
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies
Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General
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LSN: 1-84971-038-4
Barcode: 9781849710381

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