Reproductive Agency, Medicine and the State: Cultural Transformations in Childbearing

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, childbi...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books [2004]
Series:Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives 3
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
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Summary: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
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (256 Seiten)
ISBN:9781782388623
DOI:10.1515/9781782388623

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