Contents

Chapters in this book

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