Pros And Cons Of Medicalization Of Birth

The evolution of birth medicalisation: A systematic review

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

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 Medicalization of Birth | Modern Midwives Blog | Call …

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Characteristics of a more medicalized birth are: depersonalized and fragmented care mother and baby are seen as separate mistrust in normal physiology …

Childbirth: myths and medicalization - World Health …

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Perhaps the greatest myth about child-birth is that it is in the best interest of mother and baby that birth takes place in hospital. The past several decades have witnessed a …

Home birth: Know the pros and cons - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/labor-and-delivery/in-depth/home-birth/art-20046878

A desire to give birth without medical interventions such as pain medication, labor induction, fetal heart rate monitoring, or delivery assisted with forceps or other …

Has the medicalisation of childbirth gone …

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Until the 17th century, birth in most parts of the world was firmly in the exclusively female domestic arena, and hospital …

What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of a …

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The advantages of a hospital birth include pain control, access to a NICU, staff support, and availability of interventions. Disadvantages include stress, fewer …

The medicalization of birth and midwifery as resistance

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Many researchers believe that women who choose midwifery are exercising a conscious choice of resistance to the medicalization of women's bodies. In this article, I offer a …

The Medicalization of Pregnancy: From …

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Medicalization has socialized people into perceiving pregnancy and birth as high-risk situations where pregnant women are expected to seek out professional medical advice requiring technological …

The Medicalisation of Childbirth and Access to homebirth …

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We do not suggest that all medical interventions in birth should be (innately) criticised—we endorse no hierarchy in birth methods and places. Where performed with …

The pros and cons of medicalisation | The BMJ

https://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/28/pros-and-cons-medicalisation

interventions it has costs and benefits 17. Crudely handled, medicalisation can perpetuate disability and exclusion. But used constructively and appropriately it is …