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To Use or Not to Use the Term “Obstetric Violence”: Commentary on the Article by Swartz and Lappeman
Based on the article by Swartz and Lappeman, we propose in this commentary to reflect on three central components linked to the concept of obstetric violence: the withdrawal of intentionality as a founding element of its recognition, the preponderant place given to the perspective of women and those...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8127656/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33667142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801221996456 |
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description | Based on the article by Swartz and Lappeman, we propose in this commentary to reflect on three central components linked to the concept of obstetric violence: the withdrawal of intentionality as a founding element of its recognition, the preponderant place given to the perspective of women and those affected by it, as well as the recognition of its sexist, gendered, and systemic character. We also discuss the epistemic injustice associated with obstetric violence. We stress the importance of including both health workers and health systems in the equation, even though they may be offended by the use of the term. We conclude by recalling that significant leadership must be exercised by health care workers and institutions to put an end to this form of violence. |
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spelling | pubmed-81276562021-05-24 To Use or Not to Use the Term “Obstetric Violence”: Commentary on the Article by Swartz and Lappeman Lévesque, Sylvie Ferron-Parayre, Audrey Violence Against Women Commentaries Based on the article by Swartz and Lappeman, we propose in this commentary to reflect on three central components linked to the concept of obstetric violence: the withdrawal of intentionality as a founding element of its recognition, the preponderant place given to the perspective of women and those affected by it, as well as the recognition of its sexist, gendered, and systemic character. We also discuss the epistemic injustice associated with obstetric violence. We stress the importance of including both health workers and health systems in the equation, even though they may be offended by the use of the term. We conclude by recalling that significant leadership must be exercised by health care workers and institutions to put an end to this form of violence. SAGE Publications 2021-03-05 2021-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8127656/ /pubmed/33667142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801221996456 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Commentaries Lévesque, Sylvie Ferron-Parayre, Audrey To Use or Not to Use the Term “Obstetric Violence”: Commentary on the Article by Swartz and Lappeman |
title | To Use or Not to Use the Term “Obstetric Violence”: Commentary on the Article by Swartz and Lappeman |
title_full | To Use or Not to Use the Term “Obstetric Violence”: Commentary on the Article by Swartz and Lappeman |
title_fullStr | To Use or Not to Use the Term “Obstetric Violence”: Commentary on the Article by Swartz and Lappeman |
title_full_unstemmed | To Use or Not to Use the Term “Obstetric Violence”: Commentary on the Article by Swartz and Lappeman |
title_short | To Use or Not to Use the Term “Obstetric Violence”: Commentary on the Article by Swartz and Lappeman |
title_sort | to use or not to use the term “obstetric violence”: commentary on the article by swartz and lappeman |
topic | Commentaries |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8127656/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33667142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801221996456 |
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