UID:
almafu_9960117590302883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 244 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Series Statement:
Rochester studies in medical history ; v. 37
Content:
Explores the complex interactions between French medicine and Vietnamese childbirth traditions, documenting the emergence of a plural system of maternity services that incorporated both biomedical knowledge and local birthing traditions.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jul 2019).
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The first encounters -- Maternity hospitals -- Colonial midwives -- The bà mụ and childbirth pluralism -- Scientific motherhood and the teaching of maternity -- The Depression era and the discovery of the child.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-58046-568-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-78204-849-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781782048497
URL:
http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781782048497/type/BOOK