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  Fascist unionization and the professionalization of midwives in Italy: A Sicilian case study

  Focuses on very specific material from Sicily to see, in detail, the working of the process of professionalization of midwives.
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  Maternal health, war, and religious tradition: Authoritative knowledge in Pujehun District, Sierra Leone

  In Sierra Leone constraints to ideal maternal health require a primary health care approach that includes collaboration with traditional midwives.
  The local causes of maternal risk are described, including civil war and refugee camp life.
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  Intuition as authoritative knowledge in midwifery and homebirth

  Calls attention to these midwives' utilization of and reliance on intuition as a guide to action and decision making during homebirths.
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  Authoritative knowledge and birth territories in contemporary Japan

  In contemporary Japan midwives remain integral participants in maternity care and attend normal deliveries in the hospital setting. But because of the culturally depicted potential for pathology at the time of birth, the obstetrician, is viewed as having greater authoritative knowledge than the midwife and the woman giving birth
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  Gender expectation: Natural bodies and natural births in the new midwifery in Canada

  The meaning of natural bodies and natural births in contemporary midwifery in Canada and the impact of these central concepts on the embodied experiences of pregnant and birthing women.