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O dilema de uma prática : Experiências de aborto em uma maternidade pública de Salvador, Bahia

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Date
01/01/2016
Author
McCallum, Cecilia
Menezes, Greice
dos Reis, Ana Paula
Keywords
Abortion
Hospital ethnography
Maternity
Obstetric violence
Symbolic processes
GN Anthropology
History and Philosophy of Science
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Abstract
The article discusses abortion and miscarriage from the perspective of women admitted to a public maternity hospital in Salvador (BA), Brazil. Based on qualitative and quantitative research, it draws on participant observation of everyday hospital life. Taking an ethnographic approach, it addresses the hospital experiences of women who had miscarriages or induced abortions, also presenting the views of health professionals. It argues that the way the institution structures care for abortion and miscarriage involves symbolic processes that profoundly affect women’s experiences. The discrimination against women who have had abortions/ miscarriages is an integral part of the structure, organization and culture of these institutions, and does not derive solely from the individual actions of healthcare personnel.
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McCallum , C , Menezes , G & dos Reis , A P 2016 , ' O dilema de uma prática : Experiências de aborto em uma maternidade pública de Salvador, Bahia ' , Historia, Ciencias, Saude - Manguinhos , vol. 23 , no. 1 . https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-59702016000100004
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Historia, Ciencias, Saude - Manguinhos
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-59702016000100004
ISSN
0104-5970
Type
Journal article
Rights
Copyright © 2016 The Author(s)/Publisher. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/19631

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