Silva Bruno Sanches Mariante da
Doutorando, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras/ Universidade Estadual Paulista. Assis - SP - Brasil
Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos. 2018 Oct-Dec;25(4):1019-1037. doi: 10.1590/S0104-59702018000500007.
Between 1945 and 1964, Brazil underwent an accelerated process of modernization. Increasingly urbanized and guided by the precepts of social hygiene, the country was keen to refute any practices or customs regarded as traditional or old-fashioned. As such, the traditional figure of the midwife was supplanted by medical knowledge, which came to exert influence on childbirth and motherhood. This text analyzes Boletim da LBA, investigating the medicalization and scientification of childbirth and motherhood and focusing on the scientific and moral clashes about motherhood and childbirth contained in this, the official publication of the country's largest welfare institution.
1945年至1964年间，巴西经历了加速现代化进程。该国城市化程度日益提高，并以社会卫生理念为指导，急于摒弃任何被视为传统或过时的习俗。因此，传统的助产士角色被医学知识所取代，医学知识开始对分娩和孕产产生影响。本文分析《巴西助产士协会公报》，探讨分娩和孕产的医学化与科学化，并聚焦于该国最大福利机构的官方出版物中所包含的关于孕产和分娩的科学与道德冲突。
