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Cesarean Birth Outside the Natural Childbirth Culture
Author(s) -
Sandelowski Margarete,
Bustamante Rosa
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770090203
Subject(s) - childbirth , distancing , natural childbirth , obstetrics , meaning (existential) , medicine , pregnancy , nursing , psychology , covid-19 , psychotherapist , genetics , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology
The meaning of cesarean birth to women who are not typical members of the natural childbirth culture was examined. Fifty women who received obstetric care in a public inner‐city hospital serving the medically indigent and who sought minimal preparation for childbirth were interviewed. The findings suggest that the women used distancing behaviors prenatally and postdelivery to cope with the idea and reality of cesarean birth. In addition, the women did not display the psychic wounding following cesarean birth reported by natural childbirth followers.