Medicine and Society
Dec 2018
Jessica Martucci, PhD, MBE
Childbirth in hospitals settings is considered by some to be medicalized and not natural. When medicalization is associated with loss of autonomy and control, clinicians should be aware of how they express respect for women during in-hospital births.
AMA J Ethics. 2018; 20(12):E1168-1174. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2018.1168.