This contributed volume explores flexible, adaptable, and sustainable solutions to the shockingly...

Providing insights into midwifery, a team of reputable contributors describe the development of n...

Science could never have proceeded without the creativity of intuition--yet intuition is poorly u...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book addresses the politics of global health and social justice issues around birth, focusin...

Designed for both academic and lay audiences, this book identifies the characteristics of ritual ...

This book reexamines the 'standard' procedures used to 'manage' American childbirth, identifying ...

For the first time ever in a social science work, obstetricians tell their own stories of trainin...

Volume 2 in this landmark 3-volume series The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The P...

This book centers on negotiations around cultural, governmental, and individual constructions of ...

Traditional Midwives: Cross-Cultural Perspectives is a pioneering work that delves deeply into th...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.