Placenta: motivations, uses, and meanings in south central Chile

Motivations, uses, and meanings given to the placenta by women and men in south central Chile are analyzed, following the implementation of Technical Standard 189 by the Ministry of Health, which allowed people to request their placentas after giving birth on hospital grounds. From an ethnographic...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Contreras Molina, Marcelo Berho Castillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de Lanús 2022-10-01
Series:Salud Colectiva
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Online Access:http://revistas.unla.edu.ar/saludcolectiva/article/view/4102