Biodireito, bioética e arte : uma reflexão sobre a violência obstétrica a partir do Sketch Comedy Britânico Monty Python

Abstract

This present work seeks to adress the issue of obstetric violence, based on a joint study between Law, Art and Bioethics, using as paradigm the sketch comedy The Meaning of Life – Part I: The Miracle of Birth, considering the essentiality of childbirth for human creation, as well the normalization of medicalization e hospitalization of the parturient in the contemporary social context. Thus, the inductive phenomenological method was choosen with qualitative research and theoretical thesis, using documentary material from films, documentaries, paintings and photographs, as well as diversified bibliographic material in books, journal articles and jurisprudence. Based on the indicated comedy, a dialogue was created with the Brazilian trilogy O Renascimento do Parto in order to locate the approach to the theme in Brazil, which still does not have a rule that directly deals with the terminology “obstetric violence”. Thus, the work presents a critical reflection on obstetric violence considering bioethical principles as guiding sources of medical conduct. In the end, it was concluded that a good delivery is a humanized delivery, regardless of whether it is a surgical or natural delivery.