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Authoritative knowledge and birth territories in contemporary Japan

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Title

Authoritative knowledge and birth territories in contemporary Japan

Description

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

Creator

Deborah Cordero Fiedler

Source

Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 10.2. June 1996. p. 195-212.
GN296 MAQ NO.2 1996.

Date

1996

Contributor

seah

Format

Article journal