Download Birth Work As Care Work : Stories from Activist Birth Communities

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• Author: Alana Apfel
• Date: 01 Jun 2016
• Publisher: PM Press
• Original Languages: English
• Format: Paperback::122 pages, ePub
• ISBN10: 1629631515
• File size: 57 Mb
• Dimension: 127x 203x 10.16mm::135g
• Download: Birth Work As Care Work : Stories from Activist Birth Communities

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