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1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Cosmopolitan Obstetrics and Women's Lived Realities -- 1. Integrating Western Medicine and Local Practice: Contributions of a Mission-Based Maternity Clinic to Maternal and Child Health in the Lower Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea -- 2. Second Chance: Caring for Infected Mothers and Their Children in Mendi, Papua New Guinea -- 3. Faith, Hope, and Charity: Barriers to Condom Use among Women in Southern Malawi |
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4. Shortages, Priorities, and Maternal Health: Muddled Kastom and the Changing Status of Women in Malaita, Solomon Islands -- 5. Maternal Health (In)Equity in Mursi (Mun), Southern Ethiopia: Behind the Hype of "Harmful Cultural Practices" -- 6. Maternal Health Services Miss the Mark: An Ethnographic Case Study in Rural Ghana -- 7. Giving Birth in Douala, Cameroon: A Real Challenge -- 8. Throwing the Mother Out with the Bathwater: Vanuatu's Breastfeeding Initiative in Theory and Practice -- 9. Reproductive Anomalies in the Marshall Islands |
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10. Examining the Intersections of Gender and Reproduction in Chuuk: Reflections on the Relevance and Utility of MDG Goals in a Small Island(s) Community -- Contributor Notes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Africa -- Social conditions -- Case studies
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Women -- Oceania -- Social conditions -- Case studies
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Africa -- Case studies
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Oceania -- Case studies
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Women -- Social conditions
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Women -- Health and hygiene
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Africa
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Oceania
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781772580563 |
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1772580562 |
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