Thuy Linh Nguyen

Childbirth, Maternity, and Medical Pluralism in French Colonial Vietnam, 1880-1945

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores the complex interactions between French medicine and Vietnamese childbirth traditions, documenting the emergence of a plural system of maternity services that incorporated both biomedical knowledge and local birthing traditions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781580465687
• ISBN-10: 1580465684
• Artikelnr.: 44793548

Autorenporträt

Thuy Linh Nguyen

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The First Encounters Maternity Hospitals Colonial Midwives The
Bà mu and Childbirth Pluralism Scientific Motherhood and the Teaching of
Maternity The Depression Era and the Discovery of the Child Conclusion
Notes Bibliography Index