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The technocratic body: American childbirth as cultural expression
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- Authors
- Davis-Floyd, R. E.
- Venue
- Social Science & Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1994-04
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1125-1140
- ISSN
- 0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2007759322
- Cited by
- 324
- References
- 24
- FWCI
- 61.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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