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Berghahn Books Reproductive Agency Medicine and the State Cultural Transformations in Childbearing 2005 Edition by Maya Unnithan-Kumar
Recent years have seen many changes in human reproduction resulting from state and medical interventions in childbearing processes. Based on empirical work in a variety of societies and countries, this volume considers the relationship between reproductive processes (of fertility, pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period) on the one hand and attitudes, medical technologies and state health policies in diverse cultural contexts on the other.