Análisis de la no elección de la analgesia epidural durante el trabajo de parto en las mujeres andaluzas: “la buena sufridora”

The social, economic and cultural factors underlying rejection, that is, the profile of women who reject epidural analgesia, is consistent with the paradigm of the “traditional woman” (characterized by limited income, low educational level and mainly occupied by housework) studied by other authors. Given the universal use of this procedure in Andalusia, rejection of epidural analgesia can be interpreted as yet another indicator of inequality in healthcare due, in this case, to gender-related attitudes and values characteristic of patriarchal societies.