... the medical establishment. If you look through the history of birthing procedures, you will see the loss of women's control, which seemed to have occurred relatively abruptly. Doctors replaced midwives and labouring women went from being active decision makers in the birthing process to passive recipients of care. Care which was determined by experts in a technologically sophisticated profit-making ... the time the mid 1800s rolled around, doctors were attempting to build their profession by establishing the American Medical Association (AMA) and by decreasing competition from other heal...

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... status of women. Social transformation and technological advancements changed the status of women in society and in particular, of the midwives when the forceps was introduced, as Lerner points out. The use of such tool however was not possible for female midwives to use since it was necessary to be trained. Women in the period were denied the opportunity for education which ... lead to the male midwives to monopolize the industry. Professionalizing the skills of assisting women giving birth changes the status of women and denies them access to this profession. This change in the way th...

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... to have their own child. Furthermore all obstetrician and gynecologist checks are paid for by the state to take this financial load of the parent's shoulders. Also the number of midwives is supposed to have increased in recent years, to supply sufficient help during pregnancy and childbirth, so that the mother feels safe and well cared for, actual numbers contradict this ... statement. In 2000 there were about 7100 midwives in Sweden, this number decreased to only approximately 6000 midwifes in 2014. This could be due to the fact that midwifes require educational training, which takes t...

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