Daughter of time: the postmodern midwife (Part 2)

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Robbie Davis-floyd¹ 

关键词: Midwives;    practical;    Transcultural nursing;    Nurse midwives;    Parteira leiga;    Enfermagem transcultural;    Enfermeiras obstétricas;    Parteras tradicionales;    Enfermería transcultural;    Enfermeras obstetrices;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0080-62342008000100022

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Any effort to make sense of the complexities of contemporary midwifery must deal not only with biomedical and governmental power structures but also with the definitions such structures impose upon midwives and the ramifications of these definitions within and across national and cultural borders. The international definition of a midwife requires graduations from a government-recognized educational program. Those who have not are not considered midwives but are labeled traditional birth attendants. Since there are myriad local names for midwives in myriad languages, the impact of this naming at local levels can be hard to assess. But on the global scale, the ramifications of the distinction between midwives who meet the international definition and those who do not have been profound. Those who do are incorporated into the health care system. Those who do not remain outside of it, and suffer multiple forms of discrimination as a result.

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