Pranee Rice, originally from Thailand, is a Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, and Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Mothers' and Children's Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia .
She has written a number of articles relating to the health of Southeast Asians. Some of her recent books includes "My Forty Days: a cross-cultural resource book for health care professionals in birthing services"; and "Asian Mothers, Australian Birth - Pregnancy, Childbirth and Childbearing: The Asian experience in an English-speaking country".
She has also done some remarkable works on the Hmong in Australia: (When I Have My Baby Here !!! ; Pog Laus tsis coj khaub ncaws lawm: the menopause in Hmong women and Soul Loss (Poob plig) following a caesarean operation
Contact: Dr. Pranee Laimputtong Rice
email: socplr@loure.latrobe.edu.au
Telephone: 61 3 9348 1095
Fax: 61 3 9348 1129.