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Midwives and mothers : the medicalization of childbirth on a Guatemalan plantation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cosminsky, Sheila (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 43.
Subjects:
Midwives > Guatemala > Social conditions.
Traditional medicine > Guatemala.
Childbirth > Social aspects > Guatemala.
Maternal health services > Social aspects > Guatemala.
Plantation life > Health aspects > Guatemala.
Rural development > Health aspects > Guatemala.
Maternal Health Services.
Medicalization.
Midwifery.
Medicine, Traditional.
Guatemala.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.