Gualda Dulce Maria Rosa, Narchi Nádia Zanon, de Campos Edemilson Antunes
Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, Av Dr Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar 419 - Cerqueira Cesar, 054470-3000 São Paulo, Brazil.
Midwifery. 2013 Oct;29(10):1077-81. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.08.002. Epub 2013 Aug 12.
This article describes Brazilian midwives' struggle to establish their professional field in the arena of maternal and child health in Brazil. Despite the obstacles, midwives continue trying to claim their social space, seeking to maintain and strengthen the profession, and legislative aspects of practice and regulation of their profession. They seek space in the job market, support from entities of civil society, representatives of judicial and political power, and from the movements organised for improvement and change in the birth care model in Brazil.
本文描述了巴西助产士在巴西母婴健康领域为确立其专业领域所做的努力。尽管面临种种障碍，助产士仍在继续努力争取他们的社会空间，力求维持和加强这一职业，以及该职业实践和监管的立法方面。他们在就业市场寻求空间，争取民间社会实体、司法和政治权力代表以及为改善和变革巴西分娩护理模式而组织的运动的支持。
