Traditional Midwives: Cross-Cultural Perspectives - Paperback

by Robbie Davis-Floyd (Editor), Betty-Anne Daviss (Editor), Inayat Ali (Editor)

Traditional Midwives: Cross-Cultural Perspectives is a pioneering work that delves deeply into the worlds of traditional midwives, shedding light on their practices, roles, and the immense cultural value they hold within their respective communities wherever they are still allowed to practice.

Author Biography

Robbie Davis-Floyd PhD, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Rice University is a well- known cultural/medical/reproductive anthropologist, and an international speaker and researcher in transformational models of childbirth, midwifery, obstetrics, and reproduction.

Betty- Anne Daviss MA, BMJ, RM is a Canadian registered midwife who, for almost 50 years, has combined her midwifery practice with her research in the social sciences and in clinical epidemiology.

Inayat Ali PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, a Pakistani medical anthropologist, and a public health expert.