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Birth as an American rite of passage
Obstetric Delivery
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Naissance
Accouchement
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
Maternal health services
Parturition
Labor (Obstetrics)
Obstetric Labor
Holistic Health
Ritual
Cultural Anthropology
Rites et cérémonies
Psychologische aspecten
Holistic medicine
Obstetrics
Childbirth
Rites and ceremonies
Labor
Pregnancy
Aspect psychologique
Aspect social
Psychological aspects
Social aspects
Psychology
History
Why do so many American women allow themselves to become enmeshed in the standardized routines of technocratic childbirth--routines that can be insensitive, unnecessary, and even unhealthy? Anthropologist Robbie Davis-Floyd first addressed these questions in the 1992 edition. Her new preface to this…
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