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Exploring historical conflicts between midwives and nurses: a perspective from Chile.

Ricardo Ayala¹, Lorena Binfa, Raf Vanderstraeten

¹Department of Sociology, Ghent University , Ghent , Belgium .

Journal of Interprofessional Care

|September 16, 2014

Summary

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Historical nursing and midwifery disputes in Chile stem from competition over newborn care and skill enhancement projects. Social-historical factors and healthcare evolution drive these interprofessional conflicts.

Keywords:

Chile co-operation conflict interprofessional relations professional boundaries professional identity social history

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Area of Science:

Sociology of professions
Healthcare systems analysis
Social history of medicine

Background:

Examines historical disputes between nurses and midwives in Chile.
Analyzes the competitive interaction and periodic conflicts between these professions.
Focuses on issues like newborn care ownership and skill enhancement initiatives.

Observation:

Nursing and midwifery interactions are shaped by social-historical transformations.
The evolution of the healthcare system, including a race towards technologisation, influences interprofessional dynamics.
Conflicts arise from boundary expansion, medicalisation, and potential middle-class consciousness competition.

Findings:

Jurisdictional conflicts between nurses and midwives are rooted in social and historical contexts.
Interprofessional competition is driven by evolving healthcare structures and professional boundary dynamics.
Technologisation and medicalisation play significant roles in shaping these disputes.

Implications:

Understanding these conflicts provides insight into professional identity and interprofessional relations.
A potential merger of nursing and midwifery could strengthen the political power of caring professions.
Integrated care models may emerge from resolving these historical jurisdictional disputes.