Midwives and mothers : the medicalization of childbirth on a Guatemalan plantation /
Cosminsky, Sheila,
Midwives and mothers : the medicalization of childbirth on a Guatemalan plantation / Sheila Cosminsky. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xii, 303 pages) : illustrations. - Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; book forty-three .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Midwives, knowledge, and power at birth -- María's world : the plantation -- The role of the midwife : María and Siriaca -- Hands and intuition : the midwife's prenatal care -- Soften the pain : management of labor and delivery -- Looking after mother and infant : postpartum care -- To heal and to hold : midwife as healer and doctor to the family -- Career or calling : national health policies and midwifery training programs -- Medicalization through the lens of childbirth -- Appendix I. Medicinal plants and remedies mentioned by midwives -- Appendix II. common and scientific names of medicinal plants.
9781477311400
Midwives--Social conditions.--Guatemala
Traditional medicine--Guatemala.
Childbirth--Social aspects--Guatemala.
Maternal health services--Social aspects--Guatemala.
Plantation life--Health aspects--Guatemala.
Rural development--Health aspects--Guatemala.
Electronic Books.
RG963 / .M539 2016
Midwives and mothers : the medicalization of childbirth on a Guatemalan plantation / Sheila Cosminsky. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xii, 303 pages) : illustrations. - Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; book forty-three .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Midwives, knowledge, and power at birth -- María's world : the plantation -- The role of the midwife : María and Siriaca -- Hands and intuition : the midwife's prenatal care -- Soften the pain : management of labor and delivery -- Looking after mother and infant : postpartum care -- To heal and to hold : midwife as healer and doctor to the family -- Career or calling : national health policies and midwifery training programs -- Medicalization through the lens of childbirth -- Appendix I. Medicinal plants and remedies mentioned by midwives -- Appendix II. common and scientific names of medicinal plants.
9781477311400
Midwives--Social conditions.--Guatemala
Traditional medicine--Guatemala.
Childbirth--Social aspects--Guatemala.
Maternal health services--Social aspects--Guatemala.
Plantation life--Health aspects--Guatemala.
Rural development--Health aspects--Guatemala.
Electronic Books.
RG963 / .M539 2016