Abstract

BEDOYA-RUIZ, Libia A.; AGUDELO-SUAREZ, Andrés A.  and  RESTREPO-OCHOA, Diego A.. Women in pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum: a look from the feminist point of view. Rev. perú. med. exp. salud publica [online]. 2020, vol.37, n.1, pp.142-147. ISSN 1726-4634.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2020.371.4981.

This essay analyzes the contributions of the gender approach of feminist thinking to understand the relationship of women in pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum with health service personnel. Origi nal qualitative design research was analyzed, were the relationship of women with health personnel is visualized. It is concluded that the gender approach of feminist thinking is a useful approximation to understand the problem of women’s relations with health service personnel in aspects such as obstetric violence, care and the intersection of gender with other categories, in the framework of the health system.

Keywords : Gender; Pregnancy; Childbirth; Postpartum Period; Interpersonal Relations; Maternal Heal th Services; Feminism; Gender-Based Violence; Medicalization; Right to Health.

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