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History of Medicine
Apr 2022

Why Restoring Birth as Ceremony Can Promote Health Equity

Marinah V. Farrell
Until the mid-20th century, birth in the United States for Latinx Indigenous peoples was an ancestral ceremony guided by midwives and traditional healers.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E326-332. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.326.

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