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  2. Childbirth - Wikipedia

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    These physicians and surgeons variously provide care across the whole spectrum of normal and abnormal births and pathological labour conditions. Categorically specialised obstetricians are qualified surgeons, so they can undertake surgical procedures relating to childbirth. Some family practitioners or general practitioners also perform ...

  3. Preterm birth - Wikipedia

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    The exact cause of spontaneous preterm birth is difficult to determine and it may be caused by many different factors at the same time as labor is a complex process. [25] [26] The research available is limited with regard to the cervix and therefore is limited in discerning what is or is not normal. [12]

  4. Vaginal delivery - Wikipedia

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    An induced vaginal delivery is a delivery involving labor induction, where drugs or manual techniques are used to initiate labor. [11] Vaginal delivery can be either spontaneous or induced. An assisted vaginal delivery ( AVD ) or instrumental vaginal delivery occurs when a pregnant woman requires the use of special instruments such as forceps ...

  5. Acquired characteristic - Wikipedia

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    Disease is any condition that impairs the normal physical or mental (or both) function of an organism. (Though this definition includes injuries, it will not be discussed here). Diseases can arise from infection, environmental conditions, accidents, and inherited diseases. It is not always easy to classify the source of a health problem.

  6. Models of abnormality - Wikipedia

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    The cognitive model of abnormality is one of the dominant forces in academic psychology beginning in the 1970s and its appeal is partly attributed to the way it emphasizes the evaluation of internal mental processes such as perception, attention, memory, and problem-solving. The process allows psychologists to explain the development of mental ...

  7. Occupational stress - Wikipedia

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    Occupational stress can be managed by understanding what the stressful conditions at work are and taking steps to remediate those conditions. [1] Occupational stress can occur when workers do not feel supported by supervisors or coworkers, feel as if they have little control over the work they perform, or find that their efforts on the job are ...

  8. Social reproduction - Wikipedia

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    In that application, it is used to explain the role of women in wider social and class structures, and their (often unrecognized) contribution to the capitalist economy via their (traditional) role within the household as both child-bearers and family caretakers, and by extension women's role as providers of free labor that is necessary to ...

  9. Obstetrical dilemma - Wikipedia

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    Consequently, there is an unusually high incidence of cephalopelvic disproportion and obstructed labor in humans. [ 1 ] The obstetrical dilemma claims that this difference is due to the biological trade-off imposed by two opposing evolutionary pressures in the development of the human pelvis : smaller birth canals in the mothers, and larger ...