“Don't use herbs in labor!”: Plants, pharmaceuticals, and the unmaking of traditional birth attendants in Ghana, 1970–2000
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115980
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Africa; Essential medicines; Ghana; Maternal mortality; Oxytocin; Safe motherhood; Skilled birth attendants; Traditional birth attendants;All these keywords.
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