A Dignified Birth for Every Woman: Respectful Maternity Care

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 6 Sayı: 2, 327 - 343, 26.08.2025

Süreyya Kılıç , Sema Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.59244/ktokusbd.1649461

Öz

Respectful maternity care is an approach that promotes changing practices to reduce inequalities in birth outcomes. Access to high-quality, dignified, and respectful maternity care is a fundamental human right worldwide. Every woman has the right to a positive birth experience and compassionate care provided by knowledgeable and skilled professionals who recognize that each woman, family, and newborn is unique and deserves individualized, dignified care. However, disrespectful and abusive maternity care services remain a significant issue in both developing and developed countries. Disrespect and abuse are major barriers to women seeking care in healthcare facilities, particularly in low-income countries. Therefore, there is a need for compassionate, reliable, competent, and trustworthy midwives to provide respectful maternity care. The aim of this review is to present an overview of respectful maternity care in accordance with the current literature.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Birth , midwifery , women , respectful maternity care

Her Kadına Onurlu Bir Doğum: Saygılı Annelik Bakımı

Öz

Saygılı annelik bakımı, doğum sonuçlarındaki eşitsizlikleri azaltmaya yönelik uygulamaları değiştirmeyi teşvik eden bir yaklaşımdır. Kaliteli, onurlu ve saygılı annelik bakımına erişim, küresel olarak temel bir insan hakkıdır. Her kadının, ailenin ve yenidoğanın benzersiz olduğunu ve bireyselleştirilmiş onurlu bakımı hak ettiğini kabul eden, bilgili, yetenekli sağlayıcılardan olumlu bir doğum deneyimi ve şefkatli bakım alma hakkı vardır. Ancak saygısız ve istismar eden bakım hizmetleri, gelişmekte olan ve gelişmiş ülkelerde önemli bir sorun olmaya devam ediyor. Saygısızlık ve istismar, özellikle yoksul ülkelerde, tıbbi tesislerde bakım arayan kadınların önündeki en büyük engellerdir. Bu nedenle, saygılı annelik bakımının sağlanmasında şefkatli, güvenilir, alanında yetkin ve özgün ebelere ihtiyaç vardır. Bu derlemenin amacı, saygılı annelik bakımı hakkında güncel literatür doğrultusunda bilgi sahibi olmaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Doğum , ebelik , kadın , saygılı annelik bakımı

Destekleyen Kurum

yok

Teşekkür

yok

Kaynakça

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