Obstetric violence: a new framework for identifying challenges to maternal healthcare in Argentina
| Autor: | Carlos Herrera Vacaflor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Adolescent Attitude of Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject Argentina Poison control Violence Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy Health care Injury prevention Humans Medicine Maternal Health Services 030212 general & internal medicine media_common 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Human rights business.industry Obstetrics and Gynecology Human factors and ergonomics Delivery Obstetric medicine.disease Reproductive Medicine Women's Health Women's Rights Domestic violence Female Pregnant Women Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | Reproductive Health Matters. 24:65-73 |
| ISSN: | 1460-9576 0968-8080 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.rhm.2016.05.001 |
| Popis: | Argentina has recognized women's right to not be subjected to obstetric violence, the violence exercised by health personnel on the body and reproductive processes of pregnant women, as expressed through dehumanizing treatment, medicalization abuse, and the conversion of natural processes of reproduction into pathological ones. Argentina's legislative decision to frame this abuse and mistreatment of women under the rubric of gender-based violence permits the identification of failures in both the healthcare system and women's participation in society. This article examines how applying the Violence Against Women framework to address issues of abuse and mistreatment of women during maternal health care provides a beneficial approach for analyzing such embedded structural problems from public health, human rights, and ethics perspectives. The framework of Violence Against Women seeks to transform existing harmful cultural practices, not only through the protection of women's reproductive autonomy, but also through the empowerment of women's participation in society. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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