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Women and Health: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
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This book discusses "Bad Blood' and the Cultural Management of Health in a Newfoundland Fishing Community, and the Need for a Supportive Doula in and Increasingly Urban Worls.Abstract:
Preface Intrduction Variations in Traditional Life-Cycle Concerns 'Bad Blood' and the Cultural Management of Health in a Newfoundland Fishing Community When is a Midwife a Witch? A Case Study from a Modernizing Maya Village La Edad Critica: The Positive Experience of Menopause in a Small Peruvian Town The Social Significance of Elective Hysterectomy The Effects of Culture Change on Women's Health The Need for a Supportive Doula in and Increasingly Urban Worls Health and Health-Seeking Behavior of Turkish Women in Berlin The Insufficient Milk Syndrome: Biological Epidemic or Cultural Construction? Women's Suicide in Sri Lanka Women in Conflict: Stress and Urbanization in a British Mining Town Health Care Concerns Related to Stress Compadrazgo as a Protective Mechanism in Depression The Price of Power: Gender Roles and Stress-Induced Depression in Andean Ecuador Women and Stress in Brunei Women in Vietnam: The War Without and the War Within Indexread more
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