Autonomy in labour and delivery in a Latin American urban centre: a qualitative phenomenological analysis
AbstractThe medicalisation of childbirth has diminished the role of labouring people. We conducted an exploratory phenomenological qualitative study, using purposive sampling, and then conducted 17 semi-structured interviews between December 2016 and October 2017 with people who had recently given b...
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| author | Maribel Mella-Guzmán Lorena Binfa Fiona Weeks |
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| description | AbstractThe medicalisation of childbirth has diminished the role of labouring people. We conducted an exploratory phenomenological qualitative study, using purposive sampling, and then conducted 17 semi-structured interviews between December 2016 and October 2017 with people who had recently given birth in a public hospital in the Northern Metropolitan area of Santiago, Chile. The sufficiency of the study group was determined according to saturation criteria. Triangulated content analysis was applied to explore the clinical relationship and processes of autonomy and decision-making. The predominant clinical relationship observed was paternalism. The participation of labouring people in decision-making is scarce, with no evidence of ethically valid processes of informed consent. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96dc21a9ae2547afb6aaeefa773db0e22024-03-25T18:23:36ZengTaylor & Francis GroupSexual and Reproductive Health Matters2641-03972023-12-0131110.1080/26410397.2024.2310889Autonomy in labour and delivery in a Latin American urban centre: a qualitative phenomenological analysisMaribel Mella-Guzmán0Lorena Binfa1Fiona Weeks2Assistant Professor, Midwife, Department of Women’s and Newborn Health Promotion, School of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, ChileProfessor, Midwife, Department of Women’s and Newborn Health Promotion, School of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, ChileDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.AbstractThe medicalisation of childbirth has diminished the role of labouring people. We conducted an exploratory phenomenological qualitative study, using purposive sampling, and then conducted 17 semi-structured interviews between December 2016 and October 2017 with people who had recently given birth in a public hospital in the Northern Metropolitan area of Santiago, Chile. The sufficiency of the study group was determined according to saturation criteria. Triangulated content analysis was applied to explore the clinical relationship and processes of autonomy and decision-making. The predominant clinical relationship observed was paternalism. The participation of labouring people in decision-making is scarce, with no evidence of ethically valid processes of informed consent.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/26410397.2024.2310889clinical relationshipautonomyreproductive rightswomen’s healthbirth |
| spellingShingle | Maribel Mella-Guzmán Lorena Binfa Fiona Weeks Autonomy in labour and delivery in a Latin American urban centre: a qualitative phenomenological analysis Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters clinical relationship autonomy reproductive rights women’s health birth |
| title | Autonomy in labour and delivery in a Latin American urban centre: a qualitative phenomenological analysis |
| title_full | Autonomy in labour and delivery in a Latin American urban centre: a qualitative phenomenological analysis |
| title_fullStr | Autonomy in labour and delivery in a Latin American urban centre: a qualitative phenomenological analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Autonomy in labour and delivery in a Latin American urban centre: a qualitative phenomenological analysis |
| title_short | Autonomy in labour and delivery in a Latin American urban centre: a qualitative phenomenological analysis |
| title_sort | autonomy in labour and delivery in a latin american urban centre a qualitative phenomenological analysis |
| topic | clinical relationship autonomy reproductive rights women’s health birth |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/26410397.2024.2310889 |
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