Reproductive agency, medicine and the state: cultural transformations in childbearing
Reproductive agency, medicine and the state: cultural transformations in childbearing
- New York Berghahn Books 2004
- vi, 255 p. Includes bibliographical references and index
- Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality; vol.3 .
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Recent years have seen many changes in human reproduction resulting from state and medical interventions in childbearing processes. Based on empirical work in a variety of societies and countries, this volume considers the relationship between reproductive processes (of fertility, pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period) on the one hand and attitudes, medical technologies and state health policies in diverse cultural contexts on the other.
1571816488
General Book
Fertility Sociology
Bibliography chapterwise
Recent years have seen many changes in human reproduction resulting from state and medical interventions in childbearing processes. Based on empirical work in a variety of societies and countries, this volume considers the relationship between reproductive processes (of fertility, pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period) on the one hand and attitudes, medical technologies and state health policies in diverse cultural contexts on the other.
1571816488
General Book
Fertility Sociology