Every woman in the world must have respectful care during childbirth: A reflection

BELIZÁN, JOSÉ M.; PINGRAY, VERÓNICA; MILLER, SUELLEN; WILLIAMS, CAITLIN

Reproductive Health

BioMed Central Ltd.

Año: 2020 vol. 17

Every woman has the right to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to respectful maternity care [1]. We?as pregnant and birthing individuals and the care providers, public health professionals, and researchers serving them?know instinctually what constitutes dignified treatment. Yet the systems and structures within which we birth and work are not designed to ensure respectful, evidence-based care.