Treatment of women in childbirth: implications for family beginnings.
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 69 (9) , 895-901
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.69.9.895
Abstract
This paper presents an ethnographic analysis of a woman's interaction with staff members during the early stage of labor, focusing on the factors that shape the childbirth experience. The observational data were gathered in several hospitals as part of a study of the medical context of childbearing. The paper presents a model of naturalistic inquiry into the transition to parenthood. Nurses and physicians are found to offer arbitrary, uniform, and often inappropriate responses to birthing women that may inhibit well-being.Keywords
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