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200 00$aChildbirth, midwifery and concepts of time$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Christine McCourt
210   $aNew York $cBerghahn Books$d2009
215   $a1 online resource (280 p.)
225 1 $aFertility, Reproduction and Sexuality
225  0$aFertility, reproduction, and sexuality ;$vv. 17
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $apt. I. Historical and cultural context -- pt. II. Time and childbirth practices -- pt. III. Time and childbirth experiences.
330   $a All cultures are concerned with the business of childbirth, so much so that it can never be described as a purely physiological or even psychological event. This volume draws together work from a range of anthropologists and midwives who have found anthropological approaches useful in their work. Using case studies from a variety of cultural settings, the writers explore the centrality of the way time is conceptualized, marked and measured to the ways of perceiving and managing childbirth: how women, midwives and other birth attendants are affected by issues of power and control, but also a
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606   $aChildbirth
606   $aMidwifery
606   $aPublic health
606   $aTime$xSociological aspects
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615  0$aTime$xSociological aspects.
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