Medicalisation Of Birth

The evolution of birth medicalisation: A systematic review

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30176390/

A total of 112 documents (107 articles, 3 book chapters, 2 books) has been identified, grouped and categorised into five main themes in the results section (1) the theoretical evolution of the concept of medicalisation, (2) factors related to the birth medicalisation, …

The evolution of birth medicalisation: A systematic review

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266613818302377

The Medicalization of Birth | Modern Midwives Blog | Call …

https://www.pbs.org/call-the-midwife/blog/the-medicalization-of-birth

Childbirth: myths and medicalization - World Health …

https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/277738/Childbirth_myths-and-medicalization.pdf

A medicalized birth is not the best outcome for every woman and traumatic birth experiences are well documented. Statistics and research findings challenges the …

Has the medicalisation of childbirth gone too …

https://www.bmj.com/content/324/7342/892

Over the past few centuries childbirth has become increasingly influenced by medical technology, …

The medicalization of birth and midwifery as resistance

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23514572/

In recent years, there has been a resurgence in midwifery that is framed by a feminist discourse of women's reproductive rights. Many researchers believe that women who …

Feminism, midwifery and the medicalisation …

https://www.britishjournalofmidwifery.com/content/birthwrite/feminism-midwifery-and-the-medicalisation-of-birth/

Feminism, midwifery and the medicalisation of birth 02 December 2020 Birthwrite Clare Davison 02 December 2020 Volume 28 · Issue 12 ISSN (print): 0969 …

Women need more freedom during labour, …

https://theconversation.com/women-need-more-freedom-during-labour-not-a-medicalised-birth-script-to-follow-92079

The “birth script” – which involves repeated use of a particular type of language (such as “failure to progress”) and habitual interventions (for example, routine …

The Medicalization of Pregnancy: From …

https://soapboxie.com/social-issues/Medicalization-of-Pregnancy-and-Childbirth-The-History-of-Midwives-To-A-Male-Dominated-Profession

Medicalization is a concept that deals with what is defined as healthy and what is defined as an illness in society. The process of medicalization in modern societies …

Open University - Why is childbirth a medical procedure?

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/body-mind/health/nursing/why-childbirth-medical-procedure

Routine interventions in childbirth include: artificial rupture of membranes caesarean section continuous electronic foetal monitoring epidural anaesthesia …