Magnitude and Trend of Cesarean Sections in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro: Context and Repercussions, 2000 to 2013
The high frequency and increasing trend of cesarean sections are under scrutiny in Brazil. Their magnitude is four times higher than the level recommended by the World Health Organization. This is partly due to the preference for a privatized, medical-hospital, interventionist, and medicalized healt...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto Municipal de Urbanismo Pereira Passos (IPP) |
| Repositorio: | Coleção Estudos Cariocas |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.estudoscariocas.rio.br:article/58 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://estudoscariocas.rio/index.php/ojs/article/view/58 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | cesariana cesarean section cesarea |
| Sumario: | The high frequency and increasing trend of cesarean sections are under scrutiny in Brazil. Their magnitude is four times higher than the level recommended by the World Health Organization. This is partly due to the preference for a privatized, medical-hospital, interventionist, and medicalized healthcare model. It is not an isolated practice but part of a social, economic, and cultural context where “time is money,” waiting is seen as wasting time, and labor is synonymous with suffering. However, like all abusive practices, it gives rise to adverse effects, such as the rise in premature births. The extent to which early births are linked to the increase in cesarean sections remains unclear. |
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