ANTA02H3 Chapter : Article notes for the ritual of american hospital birth
Document Summary
David flyod the rituals of american hospital birth the author in this article is questioning why do americans feel the need to rely on hospitals and technology to give birth. Why are women and delivered baby are hooked to machines and why are they given hormones during the process of delivery to speed their labors. Furthermore, he support this notion by providing an example that nearly one quarter of deliveries are delivered by cesarean section. The author challenges the notion of technological reliance of americans because he argues that in other parts of the world, the delivery of baby is a natural process without any medical interventions. The author states that many americans including most of the doctors and nurses who attend birth, view these procedures as medical necessities. So what then might explain the standardization and technical elaboration of the american birthing process: because americans beliefs centers around science, technology, patriarchy, and the institutions that control and disseminate them.
