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Mainstreaming alternative medicine: doing midwifery at the intersection.

Paaige K Turner1

  • 1Saint Louis University, Missouri, USA.

Qualitative Health Research
|April 27, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Alternative healthcare providers face challenges to their identity and beliefs when operating within the dominant sociopolitical system. This study examines how midwives navigate these paradoxes, balancing marginalization with professional operation.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Sociology
  • Healthcare Systems Analysis
  • Alternative Medicine Studies

Background:

  • The integration of alternative medicine into dominant healthcare systems presents unique challenges.
  • Alternative healthcare providers often grapple with maintaining their professional identity and belief systems within established structures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the experiences of alternative healthcare providers operating within a dominant sociopolitical system.
  • To articulate the paradoxical challenges faced by birth care providers, specifically midwives, regarding their occupational identity and professional practice.

Main Methods:

  • A qualitative case study approach was employed.
  • The study focused on a specific group of birth care providers, including certified nurse-midwives and apprentice-trained midwives.

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Main Results:

  • Operating within the dominant sociopolitical system creates a complex web of paradoxes for alternative healthcare providers.
  • These paradoxes simultaneously marginalize aspects of their occupational identity while enabling their practice within the existing system.

Conclusions:

  • Midwives experience significant identity negotiation when practicing within mainstream healthcare structures.
  • The findings highlight the need for further understanding of how alternative healthcare providers adapt and persist within dominant systems.