Reasons which lead the health services not to allow the presence of the birth companion: nurses' discourses

Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem

Odaléa Maria Brüggemann¹  Erika Simas Ebsen¹  Maria Emilia De Oliveira¹  Marina Kuchiniski Gorayeb¹  Romana Raquel Ebele¹ 

关键词: Humanizing delivery;    Social support;    Patient rights;    Obstetric nursing;    Women's health;    Parto humanizado;    Apoyo Social;    Derechos del Paciente;    Enfermería obstétrica;    Salud de la Mujer;    Parto humanizado;    Apoio social;    Direitos do paciente;    Enfermagem obstétrica;    Saúde da mulher;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-07072014002860013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This qualitative research aimed to investigate the reasons the health services of Santa Catarina, Brazil, do not allow the presence of the birth partner of choice of women in the birthing process. The data were collected from September 2011 to January 2012 through semi-structured interviews with 12 nurses responsible for obstetric centers which did not permit, or permitted sometimes, the presence of the birth companion. The interviews were analyzed using the Discourse of the Collective Subject, in which three themes emerged: professionals' resistance to the presence of the companion; lack of physical infrastructure and human and material resources; and the institution's resistance to implementing the Companion's Law. The discourses show that impeding the presence of the companion is mainly related to the decision of the professionals and the inadequacy of the organizational structure. This requires changes in the attitude of the staff, institutional support, and management strategies to increase the support for the presence of the woman's companion of choice.

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