期刊
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
卷 71, 期 4, 页码 769-776出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.024
关键词
USA; Control; Childbirth; Good birth; Meaning; Woman-centered care
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [5 K01 HL79517-05, K01 HL072437, K01 HL072437-04, K01 HL072437-05] Funding Source: Medline
Childbearing women, healthcare providers, and commentators on birth broadly identify control as an important issue during childbirth: however, control is rarely defined in literature on the topic. Here we seek to deconstruct the term control as used by childbearing women to better understand the issues and concepts underpinning it. Based on qualitative interviews with 101 parous women in the United States, we analyze meanings of control within the context of birth narratives. We find these meanings correspond to five distinct domains: self-determination, respect, personal security, attachment, and knowledge. We also find ambivalence about this term and concept, in that half our sample recognizes you cannot control birth. Together, these findings call into question the usefulness of the term for measuring quality or improving maternity care and highlight other concepts which may be more fruitfully explored. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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