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Childbirth transformation and new style midwifery in Beijing, 1926 – 1937

Minghui LiDepartment of History, University of Groningen, Groningen, the NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 406-431 | Published online: 26 Nov 2019

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