“Intervention” is central to global health, but the significance and effects of how intervention
is practiced are often taken for granted. This review takes interventions into health and …

This article deepens the current understanding of the sources of obstetric violence and
iatrogenesis through an analysis of cesareans. The data are drawn from ethnographic …

This article, based on ethnographic research in Mexico and South Africa, presents two
central arguments about obstetric violence:(a) structural inequalities across diverse global …

Through rich ethnographic narrative, Becoming Gods examines how a cohort of doctors-in-
training in the Mexican city of Puebla learn to become doctors. Smith-Oka draws from …

In this book, we make space to interrogate obstetric violence; from its historical and legal
roots and contemporary realities, to responses of advocacy and resistance. Through the lens …

Mexico has a complicated history when it comes to contraception. Malthusian concerns
about population growth have shaped national imperatives to reduce fertility by pushing …

Medical experiences offer valuable insight into how medical power can operate to subjugate
bodies and subvert wills, revealing the patriarchal nature of institutional medical practice …

Explores informal global health action and the importance of intentions of those who
volunteer In the past two decades, medical missions have gained popularity among medical …

Building on previous anthropological work on reproduction and (in) justice (Davis, 2019;
Ross, 2017), obstetric racism (Davis, 2018), and reproductive rights as human rights (Zakiya …

This article explores how kichwa midwives negotiate interculturality as both cultural
knowledge‐holders and clinical practitioners. Kichwa midwives in the Ecuadorian Amazon …