Birth: an event which requires excellence in healthcare quality
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https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.3032Abstract
This issue of our journal includes a reflection article on differences observed in the quality of healthcare during childbirth. These differences have a negative impact on pregnant women of lower income brackets, adolescents, and women with high risk pregnancies.
Ideally, labour and delivery should be a “gratifying experience” which, apart from applying the best evidenced-based practices, involves “respecting the physiology of childbirth; intervening only when necessary; identifying, understanding and respecting the social and cultural background of the mother; providing emotional support; granting decisión-making power to the pregnant woman, and ensuring autonomy and privacy” (1). These should be the criteria used for assessing quality of care during birth, as part of a broad humanistic approach. This implies consideration not only of the traditional quality criteria, but of other domains such as human rights, cultural background, and basic ethical principles.
Author Biographies
Hernando Gaitán-Duarte
Editor
Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
Javier Eslava-Schmalbach
Editor invitado
Profesor Titular
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Sociedad Colombiana de Anestesiología y Reanimación (S.C.A.R.E.)
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