Vol. 7 No. 1 (2003)
Commentary

EMERGING PATTERNS IN THE RESISTANCE TO THE MEDICALIZATION OF BIRTH IN NORTH AMERICA

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  • Gillian Morantz-Ornstein,
  • Louis-Patrick Haraoui
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26443/mjm.v7i1.537

Published 2020-12-01

Keywords

  • Resistance,
  • Medicalization,
  • Birth

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Morantz-Ornstein G, Haraoui L-P. EMERGING PATTERNS IN THE RESISTANCE TO THE MEDICALIZATION OF BIRTH IN NORTH AMERICA. McGill J Med [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 1 [cited 2025 Oct. 6];7(1). Available from: https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/537
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