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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andrea Ford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2019-09-01
Series:Medicine Anthropology Theory
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Online Access:http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/4935