Childbirth Across Cultures Ideas and Practices of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Postpartum /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Selin, Helaine (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Science Across Cultures: the History of Non-Western Science, 5
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Gynecology.; Anthropology.; Social Sciences.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

Childbirth Across Cultures explores the childbirth process through globally diverse perspectives to offer a broader context with which to think about birth. It addresses multiple rituals and management models surrounding the labor and birth process from communities across the globe. Labor and birth...