Traditional Midwives: Cross-Cultural Perspectives [Paperback]

Introduction: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Traditional Midwives?Robbie Davis-Floyd, Betty-Anne Daviss, and Inayat Ali??1. Authoritative Knowledge: A Trialogue on Ways of Doing, Teaching, and Learning About Birth?Melissa Cheyney, Robbie Davis-Floyd, and Brigitte Jordan (posthumously)??Part 1.?Traditional Midwives In Mexico: In Homage To Brigitte Jordan, Founding Mother Of The Anthropologies Of Midwifery And Birth??2. Regulating Traditional Mexican Midwifery: Practices of Control, Strategies of Resistance?Mounia El Kotni??3. Integrating Traditional Midwives into the State Healthcare System: A Critical Case Study from Chiapas, Mexico?Margaret Buckner, Mariana Monta?o, and Iris Vanegas??4. Community Power as the Source for Valuing and Validating Traditional Midwifery in Mexico?Nancy Paola Ch?vez Arias??5. A Tale of Three Midwives: Inconsistent Policies and the Marginalization of Midwifery in Mexico?Lydia Dixon, Mounia El Kotni, and Veronica Miranda??6. Two Traditional Midwives in Mexico: Re-Turning to the Essence of Traditional Midwifery?Sabrina Speich??Part 2. Traditional Midwives In Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Aotearoa New Zealand, Pakistan, Laos, Peru, Norway, Guatemala, And India??7. Traditional Midwives in Nigeria, the Importance of Their Work, How They Are Perceived by Biomedical Maternity Care Professionals and Mothers, and How Traditional Midwives Perceive Biomedical Maternity Care Practitioners?Andrew Donatus Abue??8. The Roles of Traditional Midwives during Healthcare Crises in Kenya: Experiences from the Giriama Community in Coastal Kenya?Stephen Okumu Ombere??9. Traditional Birth Escorts? Reexamining the Work and Needs of Traditional Midwives in Rural Tanzania?Megan Cogburn??10. Il#$