When Doctors Don't Tie: Hierarchical Medicalization, Reproduction, and Sterilization in Brazil.
Med Anthropol Q
; 32(4): 556-573, 2018 12.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30129272
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among black women, medical personnel, and activists in Brazil, this article highlights the implications of hierarchical medicalization. I show that the prioritization of particular forms of medicalized contraception for women located differentially in society enables different relations, political positions, and mobility. Denial of a tubal ligation in favor of modern reversible contraceptives, in a context of inequitable distribution, can perpetuate social stratification. This work contributes to literature exploring the complexity of medicalization and its relationship with society via reproduction.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Esterilização Reprodutiva
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
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Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Anthropol Q
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos