Male appropriation and medicalization of childbirth: An historical analysis

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 334-342

  Cahill, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth cultures; Gender; Medicalization; Obstetric intervention; Occupational closure; Pregnancy and childbirth; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LABOR; MALE; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; WESTERN WORLD; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0035259763     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01669.x     Document Type: Article

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