학술논문
Midwives’ professionalization: a comparative approach. An interpretation of the phenomenon of childbirth medicalization
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 173-180 (2010)
Subject
Language
English
French
French
ISSN
2066-7701
2066-771X
2066-771X
Abstract
The paper studies the problem of increasing medicalization of pregnancy and delivery, a phenomenon that started in Italy between the 1950s and the 1960s owing to deep political, social and cultural changes. The main aim of the study is the understanding of the origins of the phenomenon by investigating the causal relationships between medicalization and medical dominance.