Childbirth in Santiago de Chile: Stratification, Intervention, and Child Centeredness.

On the basis of ethnographic work with women from different economic and educational backgrounds in Santiago, I describe the experiences of labor and birth from the point of view of women's priorities, socioeconomic constraints, and relationships with the medical system. I specifically focus on thei...

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Published in:Medical Anthropology Quarterly Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 319 - 338
Main Author: Murray, Marjorie
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2012
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