Livets begyndelses politik

En professionsorienteret policyanalyse af dansk fødselspolitik 1976-2018

Authors

  • Sine Lehn-Christiansen
  • Nicole Thualagant

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/tfp.v15i28.113101

Keywords:

jordemoderprofession; fødselspolitik; normal fødsel; diskursanalyse

Abstract

This paper explores how constructions of pregnancy and birth have changed in policy documents in the period of 1976-2013. Through a discourse analysis of national policy documents and guidelines concerning the normal pregnancy and birth, this article demonstrates how health professionals’ internal relations and their relation to work, pregnant and birth-giving women have changed. The analysis points at a modified understanding of the midwife’s profession and practices regarding the management of normal birth, which produces new possible practices for the profession, as well as, for pregnant and birth giving women.

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Published

2019-02-11

How to Cite

Lehn-Christiansen, S., & Thualagant, N. (2019). Livets begyndelses politik: En professionsorienteret policyanalyse af dansk fødselspolitik 1976-2018. Tidsskrift for Professionsstudier, 15(28), 60–69. https://doi.org/10.7146/tfp.v15i28.113101