Description In 1997, when the author began research in Peru, she observed a profound disconnect between the Birth care desires of health personnel and those of indigenous women.
Midwives and doctors would plead with her as the anthropologist to "educate women about the dangerous inadequacy of their traditions." They failed to see how their aim of achieving low rates of maternal mortality clashed with the experiences of local women, who often feared public health centers, where th.
Description In 1997, when the author began research in Peru, she observed a profound disconnect between the Birth care desires of health personnel and those of indigenous women