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Maternal Death in West Timor

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Discourse, Power, and Resistance Down Under

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We describe our research on mapping maternal mortality situated in West Timor, where we combined geographic and anthropological techniques to describe families’ lived experiences.

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  1. Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Australia

    Suzanne Belton

  2. Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Australia

    Bronwyn Myers

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  1. Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

    Mark Vicars

  2. Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

    Tarquam McKenna

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Belton, S., Myers, B. (2013). Maternal Death in West Timor. In: Vicars, M., McKenna, T. (eds) Discourse, Power, and Resistance Down Under. Transgressions. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-509-0_3

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