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Lifelong Significance of Disempowering Experiences in Prenatal and Maternity Care: Interviews With Elderly Swedish Women
Umeå universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin, Allmänmedicin.
2012 (Engelska)Ingår i: Qualitative Health Research, ISSN 1049-7323, E-ISSN 1552-7557, Vol. 22, nr 11, s. 1535-1546Artikel i tidskrift, Editorial material (Övrigt vetenskapligt) Published
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In this article I show how the effects of harsh and humiliating treatment, experienced by a number of Swedish women in antenatal care and childbirth in the mid-20th Century, endured for the rest of their lives. This treatment was carried out by medical staff in conformity with a view of expectant mothers as irresponsible and ignorant and with the prevalent idea of "natural birth." These effects were findings in an interview investigation that, with a colleague, I conducted into paid and unpaid work and health of 20 women, seen in a lifetime perspective. Our biomedical way of understanding risks and complications during pregnancy and birthing was confronted with many participants' feelings of distress, guilt, and grief linked to their childbearing experience. I interpret the treatments as "violations of dignity" and as abuse. The consequences are similar to those following traumatic birth experiences described in today's literature.

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2012. Vol. 22, nr 11, s. 1535-1546
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childbirth, dignity, feminism, gender, health care, users' experiences, life history, pregnancy, risk, women's health
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-61154DOI: 10.1177/1049732312449212ISI: 000309235000009Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84867008114OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-61154DiVA, id: diva2:566820
Tillgänglig från: 2012-11-09 Skapad: 2012-11-07 Senast uppdaterad: 2023-03-24Bibliografiskt granskad

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