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Why do women assume a supine position when giving birth? The perceptions and experiences of postnatal mothers and nurse-midwives in Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Before the advent of Western medicine in Tanzania, women gave birth in an upright position either by sitting, squatting or kneeling. Birthing women would hold ropes or trees as a way of gaining strength and stability in order to push the baby with sufficient force. Despite the evidence s...

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Autores principales: Mselle, Lilian Teddy, Eustace, Lucia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6958681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31931780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-2726-4