Marginalized women's comparisons of their hospital and freestanding birth center experiences: a contrast of inner-city birthing systems.
Health Care Women Int
; 20(2): 111-26, 1999.
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| ID: mdl-10409982
ABSTRACT
The process of birth provides a structure around which social and cultural forces guide its expression. These social and cultural forces reflect the organization of power in a society while creating the potential for diversity in birth beliefs, practices, and experiences. In this article, marginalized women contrast their experiences in the cultures of two divergent birth systems the technocratic hospital system and a freestanding midwifery managed birth center system. The women in this study come from many different cultures, yet they share a common desire to (a) control the birth environment, (b) establish supportive interpersonal connections with providers, (c) have a safe birth, and (d) be treated with dignity and respect. However, the descriptions in this article illustrate the gender, race, and class power inequities experienced when technocratic cultural forces conflicted with oppressed women's basic needs for respect and control.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pobreza
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Hospitales Urbanos
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Trabajo de Parto
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Actitud Frente a la Salud
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Centros de Asistencia al Embarazo y al Parto
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Salas de Parto
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Emigración e Inmigración
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Madres
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Care Women Int
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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SAUDE DA MULHER
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
1999
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos