Améliorer l’expérience des césariennes tout en réduisant leur taux. Perspectives transdisciplinaires sur l’introduction de la césarienne participative en Suisse romande
In Switzerland, one in three births is by caesarean section. This rate contrasts with the criticisms levelled by public health organisations and some practitioners at obstetric interventionism as a cause of iatrogenic harm and detrimental to parents’ experiences. In response, Swiss hospitals have in...
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| description | In Switzerland, one in three births is by caesarean section. This rate contrasts with the criticisms levelled by public health organisations and some practitioners at obstetric interventionism as a cause of iatrogenic harm and detrimental to parents’ experiences. In response, Swiss hospitals have introduced “participatory” caesarean births to enhance parental agency, which is nevertheless restricted by institutional norms. Drawing on ethnographic research combining observations of prenatal consultations in two public hospitals and in-depth interviews with obstetricians, anesthetists (both physicians and nurses), and midwives, this article examines the implementation of “participatory” caesarean birth in French-speaking Swiss maternity hospitals and the transdisciplinary dialogue they have sparked. As part of the ongoing movement in favour of humanised childbirth, this new approach to cesarean births also highlights both the continuities and the limitations of this evolution. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e3fa9d36246a4e20aa98e0b5a47af9732025-08-20T03:24:12ZfraAssociation Anthropologie Médicale Appliquée au Développement et à la SantéAnthropologie & Santé2111-50282025-05-013010.4000/1411eAméliorer l’expérience des césariennes tout en réduisant leur taux. Perspectives transdisciplinaires sur l’introduction de la césarienne participative en Suisse romandeCaroline ChautemsIn Switzerland, one in three births is by caesarean section. This rate contrasts with the criticisms levelled by public health organisations and some practitioners at obstetric interventionism as a cause of iatrogenic harm and detrimental to parents’ experiences. In response, Swiss hospitals have introduced “participatory” caesarean births to enhance parental agency, which is nevertheless restricted by institutional norms. Drawing on ethnographic research combining observations of prenatal consultations in two public hospitals and in-depth interviews with obstetricians, anesthetists (both physicians and nurses), and midwives, this article examines the implementation of “participatory” caesarean birth in French-speaking Swiss maternity hospitals and the transdisciplinary dialogue they have sparked. As part of the ongoing movement in favour of humanised childbirth, this new approach to cesarean births also highlights both the continuities and the limitations of this evolution.https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/14422participatory caesareanobstetric cultureanesthetic culturemedical practicesFrench-speaking Switzerland |
| spellingShingle | Caroline Chautems Améliorer l’expérience des césariennes tout en réduisant leur taux. Perspectives transdisciplinaires sur l’introduction de la césarienne participative en Suisse romande Anthropologie & Santé participatory caesarean obstetric culture anesthetic culture medical practices French-speaking Switzerland |
| title | Améliorer l’expérience des césariennes tout en réduisant leur taux. Perspectives transdisciplinaires sur l’introduction de la césarienne participative en Suisse romande |
| title_full | Améliorer l’expérience des césariennes tout en réduisant leur taux. Perspectives transdisciplinaires sur l’introduction de la césarienne participative en Suisse romande |
| title_fullStr | Améliorer l’expérience des césariennes tout en réduisant leur taux. Perspectives transdisciplinaires sur l’introduction de la césarienne participative en Suisse romande |
| title_full_unstemmed | Améliorer l’expérience des césariennes tout en réduisant leur taux. Perspectives transdisciplinaires sur l’introduction de la césarienne participative en Suisse romande |
| title_short | Améliorer l’expérience des césariennes tout en réduisant leur taux. Perspectives transdisciplinaires sur l’introduction de la césarienne participative en Suisse romande |
| title_sort | ameliorer l experience des cesariennes tout en reduisant leur taux perspectives transdisciplinaires sur l introduction de la cesarienne participative en suisse romande |
| topic | participatory caesarean obstetric culture anesthetic culture medical practices French-speaking Switzerland |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/14422 |
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