Advocating for evidence in birth
The notion of ‘evidence’ circulates in two realms of current maternity care: biomedical ‘evidence-based’ obstetrics and efforts to reform conventional obstetric practices. I observed that in California’s childbearing culture, ‘evidence’ is a boundary object that allows diverse actors to engage in re...
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Language: | English |
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University of Edinburgh Library
2019-09-01
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Series: | Medicine Anthropology Theory |
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Online Access: | http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/4935 |