Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Unsafe Motherhood
“[S]heds light not only on the obstacles to making motherhood safer, but to improving the health of poor populations in general.”—Social Anthropology Since 1987, when the global community first recognized the high frequency of women in developing countries dying from pregnancy-related causes, little progress has been made to combat this problem. This study follows the global policies that have been implemented in Sololá, Guatemala in order to decrease high rates of maternal mortality among indigenous Mayan women. The author examines the diverse meanings and understandings of motherhood, pregnancy, birth and birth-related death among the biomedical personnel, village women, their famil...
Anthropology News
None
Women's Health in Post-Soviet Russia
Russia's maternal health crisis and postsocialist transition examined through ethnographic observation in clinics and hospitals.
Women's Health in Post-Soviet Russia
Russia's maternal health crisis and postsocialist transition examined through ethnographic observation in clinics and hospitals.
Guide
None
Unmaking Russia's Abortion Culture
The central importance of reproductive health and abortion in the competition over Russia's political and cultural liberalization or nationalist revival
SAE Bulletin
None
Research Methods in Health Humanities
Research Methods in Health Humanities surveys the diverse and unique research methods used by scholars in the growing, transdisciplinary field of health humanities. Appropriate for advanced undergraduates, but rich enough to engage more seasoned students and scholars, this volume is an essential teaching and reference tool for health humanities teachers and scholars. Health humanities is a field committed to social justice and to applying expertise to real world concerns, creating research that translates to participants and communities in meaningful and useful ways. The chapters in this field-defining volume reflect these values by examining the human aspects of health and health care that ...
