Changing Birth In The Andes: Culture, Policy, And Safe Motherhood In Peru - 9780826522368

In 1997, when the author began research in Peru, she observed a profound disconnect between the birth care desires of health personnel and those of indigenous women. Midwives and doctors would plead with her as the anthropologist to "educate women about the dangerous inadequacy of their traditions".

• | By (Author): Lucia Guerra-Reyes
• | Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 15, 2019
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 082652236X
• | ISBN-13: 9780826522368