Cultural perspectives on reproductive health / edited by Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

IUSSP Committee on Reproductive Health.

Series:

International studies in demography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reproductive health--Social aspects--Congresses.

Reproductive health.

Reproductive health--Social aspects--Developing countries--Congresses.

Birth control--Congresses.

Birth control.

Birth control--Developing countries--Congresses.

Reproductive health--Social aspects.

Developing countries.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

This volume explores the connections between reproductive health and culture, focusing on two broad questions: How does culture shape the ways in which reproductive events are associated with health outcomes? And to what extent does the notion of reproductive health have relevance in different circumstances and cultures?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Based on a seminar organised by the Reproductive Health Committee of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population at Kwa Maritane, South Africa in June 1997.

ISBN:

0199246890

OCLC:

48767677