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Women, health and the state in the Middle East : the politics and culture of childbirth in Jordan
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- Creator
- Irene Maffi
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013
- Physical Details
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- xv, 281 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 1848857578, 9781848857575
- OCLC
- ocn820102881, ocn761381525
- 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