Childbirth, maternity, and medical pluralism in French colonial Vietnam, 1880-1945 / Thuy Linh Nguyen.

  • Nguyen, Thuy Linh (Historian)
Date:
2016
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Description

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2016.

Physical description

viii, 244 pages : black and white illustrations, charts ; 24 cm.

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Contents

The first encounters -- Maternity hospitals -- Colonial midwives -- The bà mụ and childbirth pluralism -- Scientific motherhood and the teaching of maternity -- The Depression era and the discovery of the child.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-237) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    UO.2282.AA8-9
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ISBN

  • 9781580465687
  • 1580465684