Author: Lefèber, Yvonne.
Title: Midwives without training : practices and beliefs of traditional birth attendants in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Description: Assen : Van Gorcum, 1994. Paperback. xii,185 p., [8] p. photo's. : illustrations, foto's. ; 24 cm. Fine, clean copy. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - Most births in Africa, Asia and Latin America are attended by Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs). Since the introduction Primary Health Care (PHC) policy in 1978 the World Health Organization has been propagating that TBAs should be engaged PHC and trained accordingly. This implies a confrontation of Western obstetrics with traditional midwifery. Gaining insight traditional midwifery has been the main goal of this study. The practices and beliefs of TBAs in different countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America are compared and systematically arranged according to the common classifications in 'Western' obstetrics with relerence to the perinatal period Food taboos and food recommendations of TBAs are included. Detailed information on the pracices and beliefs of TBAs gained from a fieldstudy in Chana given! nTraining programmes of TBAs in the three continents are described. Suggestions for a health policy with reference to the training of TBAs are presented in final conclusions. ISBN 9789023229230.

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY, midwifery