Maternity and reproductive health in Asian societies / / edited by Pranee Liamputtong Rice and Lenore Manderson

• Pubblicazione: Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.2/00959
• Soggetto topico: Human reproduction - Southeast Asia; Child care - Southeast Asia; Maternal health services - Southeast Asia; Obstetrics - Southeast Asia; Sexual health - Southeast Asia
• Altri autori: LiamputtongPranee <1955-> MandersonLenore
• Note generali: First published in 1996 by Harwood Academic.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: part I. Birth and its inflections -- part II. From her womb ... -- part III. The workings of the body : issues of sexual health.
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection examines enduring and topical questions in sexual and reproductive health in a range of contemporary Asian cultures. Beliefs and practices surrounding conception, pregnancy, birth, and confinement are studies in culturally specific contexts in Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Indonesia. Important and widely applicable health issues are also addressed, including the perception and management of HIV/AIDS, experiences of menopause and the interaction of cosmopolitan (""western'') medicine with traditional healthcare.
• Titolo autorizzato: Maternity and reproductive health in Asian societies
• ISBN: 1-134-39713-5; 1-138-98057-9; 1-315-07874-0; 1-134-39706-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825341903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II