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VPLYV LEKÁRSKEJ AUTORITY NA REPRODUKČNÉ SPRÁVANIE ŽIEN

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Pešťanská Z.
Etnologické rozpravy (Ethnological Disputes)
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2019
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vol. 26
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issue 1
54 – 85
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The paper explores pregnant women´s attitudes toward physician ´s authority and describes when women perceive this kind of authority as a threat. It brings the analysis of narrative interview with 105 women from the different part of Slovakia. My aim is to answer two questions: (1) why do some women see physicians as a threat for their health and their children´s health during pregnancy and childbirth? (2) What kind of strategies do these women use to avoid danger? The analysis demonstrated that the pregnant women ś attitudes toward the physician authority are stem from their representations of the ideal physician and their knowledge about pregnancy and childbirth. The data also indicated that there is a link between women ś attitudes and their socio-economic background. The paper brings evidence of the link between womenś reproductive behaviour and women´s attitudes toward physicianś authority. To avoid physician ś approach which women perceived as dangerous they employed different strategies, such as giving birth at home or abroad. The wide-spread strategy was search for a medical doctor who would answer a womanś criteria of the ideal physician.
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MORAL FOUNDATIONS AND SYMBOLIC POLLUTION: WHAT DO MIDWIVES SAY ABOUT HOSPITALIZED WOMEN?

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Pešťanská Z.
Slovenský národopis (Slovak Ethnology)
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2016
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vol. 64
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issue 4
463 – 485
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The aim of this study is to describe how the work organization of midwives is related to their moral judgements concerning pregnant women. This analysis is based on material gathered during ethnographic research undertaken at a gynaecology and maternity ward at a hospital in Slovakia. The interpretations of the research findings are informed by the work of Mary Douglas and Moral Foundations Theory. Using the analytical tools of the grid-group, this article then shows that the working environment of midwives is a type of hierarchical group. Douglas predicted that such a type of social structure would be built on values such as subordination, respect for authority, and purity. An analysis of the material confirms this assertion: midwives’ narratives of pregnant women are in fact representations of moral values of authority and purity. Explicit statements of emotions of anger, contempt, disgust, and elevation serve as indicators of either the violation or observance of moral rules.
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