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• Textchildbirthreproduction

  What do women want?: Issues of choice, control, and class in pregnancy and childbirth

  Analyzes issues of choice and control related to women's desire for and access to knowledge about childbirth in light of advanced technology and with constraints imposed by medical institutions, medical ideology, and social class.
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  Ways of knowing about birth in three cultures
  

  Examines the concept of authoritative knowledge elaborated by Brigitte Jordan, using examples of birthing systems in Mexico, Texas and Jamaica.