TY - JOUR
T1 - Disciplinary discourses: Rates of cesarean section explained by medicine, midwifery, and feminism
AU - Lee, Amy
AU - Kirkman, Maggie
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - In the context of international concern about increasing rates of cesarean sections, we used discourse analysis to examine explanations arising from feminism and the disciplines of medicine and midwifery, and found that each was positioned differently in relation to the rising rates. Medical discourses asserted that doctors are authorities on birth and that, although cesareans are sometimes medically necessary, women recklessly choose unnecessary cesareans against medical advice.
AB - In the context of international concern about increasing rates of cesarean sections, we used discourse analysis to examine explanations arising from feminism and the disciplines of medicine and midwifery, and found that each was positioned differently in relation to the rising rates. Medical discourses asserted that doctors are authorities on birth and that, although cesareans are sometimes medically necessary, women recklessly choose unnecessary cesareans against medical advice.
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07399330801949574
U2 - 10.1080/07399330801949574
DO - 10.1080/07399330801949574
M3 - Article
SN - 0739-9332
VL - 29
SP - 448
EP - 467
JO - Health Care for Women International
JF - Health Care for Women International
IS - 5
ER -
