| Summary: | The decision to close a delivery ward often brings conflict and harsh debate, also the legitimacy of the responsible politicians and the whole system is put to question. All over the world the political institutions are dominated by men, although the number of women in these institutions have increased most decisions makers are still men and that’s how the situation is in Sweden. When a delivery ward is closed the sceptical often point out that it´s unjust that men are deciding on an issue that don’t really affect them as much as their wives, daughters or sister, thereby it´s just non-logical that they have the power. In Sweden the question about healthcare is in the hands of the landsting (regions) which means that politicians from the whole region are deciding on these political dilemmas. This means that MP from other cities then the one that will be affected by an decision are able to decide, this could also question the legitimacy from an geographical point of view. In the following document I will analyse two events that occurred in Kronobergs Län in south Sweden, the first is in 1974 when the delivery ward was closed in Tingsryd and the second is when the same thing occurred in Ljungby year 2007.
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