| Beyond the simple economics of cesarean section birthing: women's resistance to social inequality. | |
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PMID: 12572770 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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This research explored the reasons for women's preferences for cesarean section births in Pelotas, Brazil. It is argued that women strategize and appropriate both medical knowledge and the technology of cesarean sections as a creative form of responding to larger public debates (and the practices that produced them) on the need for and causes of (de)medicalization. Questioning the reasons why some women engage more actively in this process than others elucidates the ways local forms of power engage gender, economic and medical ideologies. The current debate on why some women prefer c-section deliveries, or indeed if they really do at all, has diverted attention from the utility of the technology itself. This paper argues that for some women, the effort to medicalize the birth process represents a practical solution to problems found within the medical system itself. I end by exploring the socio-biological conditions that have produced a need for the technology. |
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Authors:
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Dominique P Béhague |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Culture, medicine and psychiatry Volume: 26 ISSN: 0165-005X ISO Abbreviation: Cult Med Psychiatry Publication Date: 2002 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-02-07 Completed Date: 2003-04-16 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7707467 Medline TA: Cult Med Psychiatry Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 473-507 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Maternal Health Programme, Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. |
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Attitude to Health
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ethnology Brazil Capitalism Cesarean Section / psychology*, utilization* Culture Female Health Policy Health Services Accessibility Humans Patient Participation Patient Satisfaction / ethnology* Physician-Patient Relations Politics Power (Psychology) Pregnancy Pregnant Women / ethnology, psychology* Social Justice Sociology, Medical |
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