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Cosminsky, Sheila. "Chapter 4 Hands and Intuition: The Midwife’s Prenatal Care". Midwives and Mothers: The Medicalization of Childbirth on a Guatemalan Plantation, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2016, pp. 73-110. https://doi.org/10.7560/311387-005

Cosminsky, S. (2016). Chapter 4 Hands and Intuition: The Midwife’s Prenatal Care. In Midwives and Mothers: The Medicalization of Childbirth on a Guatemalan Plantation (pp. 73-110). New York, USA: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/311387-005

Cosminsky, S. 2016. Chapter 4 Hands and Intuition: The Midwife’s Prenatal Care. Midwives and Mothers: The Medicalization of Childbirth on a Guatemalan Plantation. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, pp. 73-110. https://doi.org/10.7560/311387-005

Cosminsky, Sheila. "Chapter 4 Hands and Intuition: The Midwife’s Prenatal Care" In Midwives and Mothers: The Medicalization of Childbirth on a Guatemalan Plantation, 73-110. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2016. https://doi.org/10.7560/311387-005

Cosminsky S. Chapter 4 Hands and Intuition: The Midwife’s Prenatal Care. In: Midwives and Mothers: The Medicalization of Childbirth on a Guatemalan Plantation. New York, USA: University of Texas Press; 2016. p.73-110. https://doi.org/10.7560/311387-005

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1 Midwives, Knowledge, and Power at Birth 1
Chapter 2 María’s World: The Plantation 17
Chapter 3 The Role of the Midwife: María and Siriaca 51
Chapter 4 Hands and Intuition: The Midwife’s Prenatal Care 73
Chapter 5 Soften the Pain: Management of Labor and Delivery 111
Chapter 6 Looking after Mother and Infant: Postpartum Care 151
Chapter 7 To Heal and to Hold: Midwife as Healer and Doctor to the Family 175
Chapter 8 Career or Calling: National Health Policies and Midwifery Training Programs 205
Chapter 9 Medicalization through the Lens of Childbirth 227
Appendix I Medicinal Plants and Remedies Mentioned by Midwives 249
Appendix II Common and Scientific Names of Medicinal Plants 257
Notes 261
Bibliography 271
Index 289

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1 Midwives, Knowledge, and Power at Birth 1
Chapter 2 María’s World: The Plantation 17
Chapter 3 The Role of the Midwife: María and Siriaca 51
Chapter 4 Hands and Intuition: The Midwife’s Prenatal Care 73
Chapter 5 Soften the Pain: Management of Labor and Delivery 111
Chapter 6 Looking after Mother and Infant: Postpartum Care 151
Chapter 7 To Heal and to Hold: Midwife as Healer and Doctor to the Family 175
Chapter 8 Career or Calling: National Health Policies and Midwifery Training Programs 205
Chapter 9 Medicalization through the Lens of Childbirth 227
Appendix I Medicinal Plants and Remedies Mentioned by Midwives 249
Appendix II Common and Scientific Names of Medicinal Plants 257
Notes 261
Bibliography 271
Index 289

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