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ASIAN JOURNAL OF WOMENS STUDIES
卷 27, 期 4, 页码 555-574出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/12259276.2021.1993600
关键词
Positive birth; doulas; professional midwives; birth professionals; South Asia
This paper defines the emergence of birth professionals in response to existing obstetric and gynecological practices in India, focusing on how professional midwifery, doulas, childbirth educators, and lactation consultants have reshaped birthing options for women. Case studies using ethnographic field data are used to illustrate the representation of birth professionalism in India.
In this paper, we define what we understand by birth professionals and examine how they have emerged in India in response to existing obstetric and gynecological practices. The focus here is on the emerging category of the birth professional, as we look back into how professional midwifery, doulas, childbirth educators and lactation consultants have come to define newer birthing options for women, with the corresponding decline of traditional midwifery in India. Finally, the paper uses ethnographic field data on professional midwives and doulas, to define what birth professionalism represents in India through case studies.
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