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Treatment of women in childbirth: implications for family beginnings.

Author(s) -

Sandra K. Danziger

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.69.9.895

Subject(s) - childbirth , observational study , context (archaeology) , ethnography , medicine , nursing , family medicine , pregnancy , psychology , sociology , history , genetics , archaeology , pathology , anthropology , biology

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.

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