Where There Is No Midwife: Birth and Loss in Rural India
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In the Sitapurdistrict of Uttar Pradesh, an agricultural region with high rates of infant mortality, maternal health services are poor while family planning efforts are intensive. By following the daily lives of women in this setting, the author considers the women's own experiences of birth and infant death, their ways of making-do, and the hierarchies they create and contend with. This book develops an approach to the care that focuses on emotion,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0857451537
ISBN13:9780857451538
Release Date:November 2011
Publisher:Berghahn Books
Length:342 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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