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The cultural context of therapeutic choice :

Sargent, Carolyn Fishel, 1947-

The cultural context of therapeutic choice : obstetrical care decisions among the Bariba of Benin / by Carolyn Fishel Sargent. - Dordrecht ; Boston : Hingham, MA : D. Reidel ; Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Boston, c1982. - xii, 192 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Culture, illness, and healing ; v. 3 .

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 178-185.

9027713448

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Bariba (African people)--Medicine.
Birth customs--Benin.
Midwives--Benin.
Maternal health services--Benin.
Midwifery--Africa, Western.
Medicine, Traditional--Africa, Western.
Culture.
Maternal health services--Africa, Western.

DT541.45.B37 / S257 1982

362.1/98200966/83

W1 CU445 v. 3 WQ 160 S245c