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Birthing in the Pacific

by Margaret Jolly

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"This collection explores birthing in the Pacific. Case studies from across the region show how simple contrasts between traditional and modern practice, technocratic and organic models of childbirth, indigenous and foreign approaches can be potent but problematic"--Publisher's description.

ChildbirthBirth customsIslands of the pacificEthnologyMaternal Health ServicesSupply & distributionCultural CharacteristicsObstetric LaborCongresses