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The Medicalisation of Childbearing
Alyson Einion,
Alys Einion
The Social Context of Birth, Issue: 3
Swansea University Author: Alys Einion
Abstract
The medicalization of a normal body function is linked to the historical control of women's bodies, and reproduction, by a patriarchal social and medical system. The impact of this on women's experiences of pregnancy and birth in the current context is discussed.
| Published in: | The Social Context of Birth |
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| Published: |
CRC Press
2017
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38190 |
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| Abstract: |
The medicalization of a normal body function is linked to the historical control of women's bodies, and reproduction, by a patriarchal social and medical system. The impact of this on women's experiences of pregnancy and birth in the current context is discussed. |
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| Keywords: |
midwife, mother, pregnant, birth, medicalisation, feminism, |
| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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3 |