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Modern motherhood and the medicalization of childbirth in the pages of the Boletim da Legiao Brasileira de Assistencia, 1945-1964
(Fundaco Oswaldo Cruz, 2018-10-01)
Between 1945 and 1964, Brazil underwent an accelerated process of modernization. Increasingly urbanized and guided by the precepts of social hygiene, the country was keen to refute any practices or customs regarded as ...
Qualitative evidence of monitoring by doulas during labor and childbirth
(AbrascoRio De JaneiroBrasil, 2012)
Examining the association between subjective childbirth experience and maternal mental health at six months postpartum
(2021)
Problem
Childbirth experience can have long-lasting effects on maternal wellbeing.
Background
Positive childbirth experiences may strengthen maternal self-confidence, in contrast, negativeexperiences may promote a ...
Home birth preference, childbirth, and newborn care practices in rural Peruvian Amazon
(Public Library of Science, 2021)
Home birth is very common in the Peruvian Amazon. In rural areas of the Loreto region, home to indigenous populations such as the Kukama-Kukamiria, birth takes place at home constantly. This study aims to understand the ...
Exploring women’s experiences of participation in shared decision-making during childbirth : a qualitative study at a reference hospital in Spain
(2021)
Background: Women’s engagement in healthcare decision-making during childbirth has been increasingly emphasised as a priority in maternity care, since it increases satisfaction with the childbirth experience and provides ...
Childbirth experience according to a group of Brazilian primiparas
(ELSEVIER SCI LTDOXFORD, 2012)
Objective: to understand the meaning of the childbirth experience for Brazilian primiparas in the postpartum period. Design: a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews. Content analysis was used to derive the ...
Rationalism and the disembodiment of modern childbirth: the case for an ecology of childbirth
(Universidad Nacional de Lanùs, 2020-07)
The paper proposes a genealogy of the biomedical paradigm surroundingchildbirth, with the aim of deconstructing the principles of rationalism that led to theobjectification of the body and to the consequent commodification ...
Childbirth in Santiago de Chile: Stratification, Intervention, and Child Centeredness
(WILEY, 2012)
On the basis of ethnographic work with women from different economic and educational backgrounds in Santiago, I describe the experiences of labor and birth from the point of view of women's priorities, socioeconomic ...