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Rediscovering the Social Model of Childbirth
Author(s) -
Kitzinger Sheila
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
birth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.233
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1523-536X
pISSN - 0730-7659
DOI - 10.1111/birt.12005
Subject(s) - technocracy , childbirth , multinational corporation , politics , posttraumatic stress , alien , psychology , sociology , psychiatry , political science , medicine , pregnancy , law , biology , citizenship , genetics
The assumption is often made that women in a traditional birth culture are bound to benefit by its replacement with a medical system. In a technocratic system, birth usually takes place in an alien environment among strangers, with routine use of invasive procedures that are promoted by multinational drug and equipment companies. For many women, it is an experience comparable to rape that leads to posttraumatic stress disorder. We need to rediscover woman‐to‐woman support, celebrate birth as a social process, and acknowledge that it is a political issue. ( BIRTH 39:4 December 2012)