Lógicas y racionalidades entre comadronas y terapeutas tradicionales
By: Ma.Teresa Mosquera Saravia.
Publisher: Instituto de Estudios Interétnicos, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Guatemala
Language: spa
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Medicine; Traditional medicine -- Guatemala; Medical anthropology -- Guatemala; Midwifery -- Guatemala; Birth customs -- Guatemala; Transcultural medical care -- Guatemala
Description: A study of the development of anthropological medicine and birth in Guatemala, with focus on traditional methods used by indigenous midwives, their practices in specific regions, and the religious and cultural beliefs guiding them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-274).