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Dehumanized, Violated, and Powerless: An Australian Survey of Women's Experiences of Obstetric Violence in the Past 5 Years.
- Source :
- Violence Against Women; Jul2024, Vol. 30 Issue 9, p2320-2344, 25p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Globally, significant numbers of women report obstetric violence (OV) during childbirth. The United Nations has identified OV as gendered violence. OV can be perpetrated by any healthcare professional (HCP) and is impacted by systemic issues such as HCP education, staffing ratios, and lack of access to continuity of care. The current study explored the experiences of OV reported in a national survey in 2021 by Australian women who had a baby in the previous 5 years. A content analysis of 626 open text comments found three main categories: "I felt dehumanised," "I felt violated," and "I felt powerless." Women reported bullying, coercion, non-empathic care, and physical and sexual assault. Disrespect and abuse and non-consented vaginal examinations were the subcategories with the most comments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DEHUMANIZATION
MATERNAL health services
SOCIAL justice
QUALITATIVE research
CONTROL (Psychology)
RESEARCH funding
CONTENT analysis
PSYCHOLOGY of women
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
QUANTITATIVE research
SEX discrimination
EXPERIENCE
SURVEYS
THEMATIC analysis
CONCEPTUAL structures
DATA analysis software
PATIENT abuse
WOMEN'S rights
OFFENSIVE behavior
PREGNANCY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10778012
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Violence Against Women
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177672179
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221140138