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When Doctors Don't Tie: Hierarchical Medicalization, Reproduction, and Sterilization in Brazil.
- Source :
- Medical Anthropology Quarterly; Dec2018, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p556-573, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07455194
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Medical Anthropology Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 133427512
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12475