| Medicalization discourse and modernity: contested meanings over childbirth in contemporary Turkey. | |
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PMID: 20390649 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In this article, we explore the increasing medicalization of birth and the surge in Caesarean sections in order to examine how this phenomenon relates to the dominant modernization discourse on women's lives in contemporary Turkey. We analyze women's modes of resistance and conformity to medicalization of birth through qualitative data from 15 focus groups of Turkish women as well as from physicians and midwives. We found out that Turkish women generally submit to medicalized birth, despite unpleasant experiences of hospital birth. We argue that the discourse of modernization and traditional patriarchy both play a role in women's submission to medicalization of birth; and we demonstrate the patterns through which these discourses collaborate in establishing the meaning of childbirth in Turkey. |
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Authors:
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Dilek Cindoglu; Feyda Sayan-Cengiz |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Health care for women international Volume: 31 ISSN: 1096-4665 ISO Abbreviation: Health Care Women Int Publication Date: 2010 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-04-14 Completed Date: 2010-07-23 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8411543 Medline TA: Health Care Women Int Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 221-43 Citation Subset: N |
Affiliation:
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Department of Political Science, Bilkent University, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey. cindoglu@bilkent.edu.tr |
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Attitude of Health Personnel
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ethnology* Attitude to Health / ethnology* Authoritarianism Cesarean Section / psychology, trends Female Focus Groups Hospitalization / trends Humans Male Medical Staff, Hospital / psychology* Nurse Midwives / psychology Parturition / ethnology* Paternalism Power (Psychology) Pregnancy Qualitative Research Social Change* Turkey Western World Women / psychology* Women's Rights / legislation & jurisprudence, trends |
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