The Language of Risk, Public Policies, and Childbirth in the Municipality of São Paulo: A Reading of Data From the Live Birth System 2010–2016

The main factor for the hospitalization of childbirth was the expansion of power-knowledge in eighteenth century medicine. In Brazil, throughout the twentieth century, public policies for women's health focused care on biological and reproductive dimensions, and birth control technologies. Tech...

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Main Authors: Jacqueline I. M. Brigagão, Roselane Gonçalves, Vanda L. V. D. Nascimento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Sociology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsoc.2018.00012/full