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Childbirth in Korea

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Traditionally, Korean culture is hierarchical, and the man is the most important person in the family. The Korean woman is submissive to her husband and her husband's family, particularly her mother-in-law. Long ago, it was very desirable to give birth to boys who were treated with special care; this was especially the case for the first-born boy.

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  1. School of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea

    Sukhee Ahn

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  1. Hampshire College, West St 893, Amherst, 01002, U.S.A.

    Helaine Selin

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Ahn, S. (2009). Childbirth in Korea. In: Selin, H. (eds) Childbirth Across Cultures. Science Across Cultures: the History of Non-Western Science, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2599-9_7

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