Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Violence Against Women. 2021 Jun;27(8):987-1000. doi: 10.1177/1077801221996444. Epub 2021 Mar 5.
With the growing concern of human rights in health, the word "violence" is being used to describe apparent disrespectful treatment received by women by either health care practitioners or health care systems. As the definition of violence in health care settings broadens, questions arise over the impact of the term in describing objective reality. Specifically, does use of the term "violence" inadvertently disempower the women that it is meant to empower? This article explores the changing use of the term "violence" and specifically draws on evidence in a South African labor ward, where phenomena such as silence and limited social support have cultural underpinnings that contradict labels of structural or obstetric violence. As global research on obstetric violence in disadvantaged communities grows, choice of terminology will become more important in filtering results into medical policy and practice.
随着人们对健康人权的日益关注，“暴力”一词被用来描述医护人员或医疗体系对女性的明显不尊重。随着医疗环境中对暴力的定义不断扩大，人们开始质疑该术语在描述客观现实方面的影响。具体来说，使用“暴力”一词是否会无意中削弱它旨在赋予女性的权力？本文探讨了术语“暴力”的不断变化的用法，并特别借鉴了南非劳动病房的证据，在那里，沉默和有限的社会支持等现象具有与结构性或产科暴力标签相矛盾的文化基础。随着全球对贫困社区产科暴力的研究不断增加，术语的选择将在将研究结果过滤到医疗政策和实践中变得更加重要。
