Factors in training and participation in childbirth care by non-physicians

Riesco, M.L.G.; Fonseca, R.M.G.S.d.

Cadernos de Saude Publica 18(3): 685-698

2002


ISSN/ISBN: 0102-311X
PMID: 12048594
Document Number: 266679
This study aimed to characterize midwives according to current concepts among health professionals and to identify the ideological premises underlying proposals for their training. Data from interviews with nine midwives, nurses, and physicians were interpreted using discourse analysis. The resulting empirical categories were "The Situation of Maternity Care in Brazil", "The Ideal (or Necessary) Midwife and the Possible Midwife". When these empirical categories were interpreted, it was possible to "construct" an "emerging midwife" by dialectically overcoming the concept of "the ideal midwife".

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