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Privileges of birth : constellations of care, myth and race in South Africa

Rogerson, Jennifer J. M., author

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\"Focussing ethnographically on private sector maternity care in South Africa, Privileges of Birth attends to the ways healthcare and childbirth are shaped by South Africa's racialised history. Birth is one of the most medicalised aspects of the life-cycle across all sectors of society and is also deeply divided between what the privileged can afford compared with the rest of the population. Examining the ethics of care in midwife-attended birth, the author situates the argument in the context of a growing literature on care in anthropological and feminist scholarship, offering a unique account of birthing care in the context of elite care services\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Subject: Childbirth Social aspects South Africa. / Midwifery South Africa. / Postnatal care Social aspects South Africa. / Maternal health services South Africa. / Newborn infants Care Social aspects South Africa.
• ISBN: 9781789204353

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
RG652.R64 2020	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE