State care services as devices of acceptance to the social body: the case of Afro-descendant migrant mothers in Chile, beneficiaries of the National Child Health Program
Yafza Reyes Muñoz,
Vania Reyes Muñoz
Abstract:IntroductionIn the field of medical anthropology, particularly from the practices of medical care in a situated context, the text discusses how state care services under the “National Child Health Programme” implemented by nursing professionals in Chile transmit values and expectations that could be transformed into devices of acceptance to the social body for migrant mothers of African descent who come with their children to health centres.MethodsThe Methodology employed in this study was devised through a ca… Show more
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