Childbirth -- Cross-cultural studies
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Brigitte Jordan papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00634
Abstract
In the 1970s, Brigitte Jordan conducted seminal work in the study of cross-cultural birth practices, including home birth and hospital birth, in the Yucatan and in Holland, Sweden and the United States, resulting in publication of her book Birth in Four Cultures (1983). She taught and conducted research for many years at the university level where her interests focused on the dynamics of change in the medical systems of developing countries. Her papers...
Dates of Materials:
1973 - 2015
