Medicalised Birth

The Medicalization of Birth | Modern Midwives Blog | Call …

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

The evolution of birth medicalisation: A systematic review

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

Beyond the Nature/Medicine Divide in …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/beyond-naturemedicine-divide-maternity-care/2018-12

When it comes to data on childbirth, there are no measures of natural childbirth as a category, but there are certain …

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 …

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, and now medical intervention is the norm in most Western …

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 …

Does The Medicalization Of Birth Harm Mothers? – …

https://kindredmedia.org/2020/03/does-the-medicalization-of-birth-harm-mothers/

Since the 1920s—and especially after World War II—the regulation and medicalization of childbirth has steered mothers away from midwives to physicians in …

Over-medicalization of Maternal Health in America

https://blog.everymothercounts.org/over-medicalization-of-maternal-health-in-america-40e20e6b4171

The U.S. spends more on healthcare than any other country yet we’re ranked 60th in the world in maternal health outcomes. It’s easy to understand how maternal …