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标题：Traditional Midwives in Tamaulipas: The Difficult Negotiation Between Traditional Child-Birth Knowledge & the Biomedical System in Mexico
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作者：MARIA COSTANZA TORRI
期刊名称：Women's Health and Urban Life
印刷版ISSN：1499-0369
出版年度：2012
卷号：11
期号：2
出版社：University of Toronto
摘要：Since the 1970's, the government in Mexico has started encouraging medical staff to work closely with traditional midwives by using training programs.As a consequence,midwifery identity and practice in Mexico is constantly being transformed. This negotiation process is not easy, as the focus of the majority of the training programs for midwives is to change midwifery practice.The article analyzes biomedical and local practices of midwives in Tamaulipas, Mexico, with respect to training programs. The way in which training programs have possibly changed the perceptions of traditional midwifery identity and the negotiation between traditional midwifery practices and biomedicine will also be examined. The paper concludes by presenting the challengesrepresented by the creation of a model of intercultural health and the utilization of traditional medical resources within the national health system
关键词：BIRTH; MI;DWIVES; MEXICO; MEDI;CAL ;PLURALISM