This objective of this study is to present the pedagogic strategies adopted by the Rio de Janeiro State University Nursing School (UERJ - Brazil) for the demedicalization of care in nursing education in women's health. It presents the context of teaching in this area of knowledge. It also presents, from the perspective of concepts by Pierre Bourdieu, three spheres of students' and teachers' performance in this process.
Education nursing; Women's health; Obstetric nursing; Medicalization