Attitudes toward medicalization in childbirth and their relationship with locus of control and coping in a Spanish population

• Main Authors: Maite Espinosa (Author), Isabel Artieta-Pinedo (Author), Carmen Paz-Pascual (Author), Paola Bully-Garay (Author), Arturo García-Álvarez (Author), ema-Q. Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The dominant model of childbirth in most Western countries is medicalized childbirth. Women's beliefs about whether childbirth should be a medicalized process to a greater or lesser degree may be related, in addition to contextual factors, to internal factors. The objective of the stud...