Background Despite growing recognition of neglectful, abusive, and disrespectful treatment
of women during childbirth in health facilities, there is no consensus at a global level on how …

INTRODUCTION: Asian women suffer the largest proportion of the world's maternal deaths.
To reduce this, policymakers and healthcare providers must encourage women with …

This paper aims to review the 'politics of the intimate'in the Turkish context. By looking at
regulations and policy debates in the areas of sexuality, reproduction and family and …

First described at the beginning of the 1970s, the concept of birth medicalisation has
experienced a theoretical and ideological evolution influenced by the lines of research that …

Bodies that Birth puts birthing bodies at the centre of questions about contemporary birth
politics, power, and agency. Arguing that the fleshy and embodied aspects of birth have …

This commentary is a response to the article by Lappaman and Swartz,“How gentle must
violence against women be in order not to be violent?” in which the term “obstetric violence” …

Background Disrespectful and abusive treatment during childbirth is a violation of women's
right to dignified, respectful healthcare throughout pregnancy and childbirth. Although …

Objective to uncover local beliefs regarding pregnancy and birth in remote mountainous
villages of Nepal in order to understand the factors which impact on women's experiences of …

Objective to understand women's experiences of routine care during labor and childbirth in a
medicalised context. Design twenty-six in-depth interviews were conducted during the late …

Increasingly, with globalization, various countries including Canada are becoming ethno-
racially and culturally diverse. Health professionals face the challenge of working effectively …