RE: Medicalization of Pregnancy and Childbirth: The History of Midwives To A Male Dominated Doctoral Profession
Thank you for the comment. You dont' have to worry about voting. I just love getting a single comment from you because they are always so great to read. Medicalization is a subject I find fascinating and I did a lot of research on it in college. In modern times is a pretty common thing. I wrote about it in the article I listed at the bottom of the post. The medical industry is big business so taking normal things and turning them into medical issues happens all the time for the sake of making money. It's also a great way to control patients by making them trust medical professionals over alternative sources even though doctors don't always have the best answers but the answers that help the business aspect function. Pregnancy is interesting because of the move to put it back into the hands of women with the return of midwives, home births, alternative birthing methods, etc. This is 3 parter so I'll touch on that stuff in a later post.