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Women, health and the state in the Middle East : the politics and culture of childbirth in Jordan / Irene Maffi.

By: Series: Library of modern Middle East studies ; 113.Publication details: New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.Description: xv, 281 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781848857575 (hbk.) :
  • 1848857578 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RG525 .M264 2013
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Medicine, women and procreation in Jordan (1920-2008) -- 3. Dayas, pioneers, and technocratic midwives -- 4. From the obstetricians' point of view -- 5. Becoming mothers: ethnography of an intimate experience -- 6. Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references (page [255]-272) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Medicine, women and procreation in Jordan (1920-2008) -- 3. Dayas, pioneers, and technocratic midwives -- 4. From the obstetricians' point of view -- 5. Becoming mothers: ethnography of an intimate experience -- 6. Conclusion.

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