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

Main Author: Maffi, Irene
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2013
Series:Library of modern Middle East studies ; 113
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Table of 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