"I fought my entire way": Experiences of declining maternity care services in British Columbia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2016 WHO Standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities established patient experience of care as a core indicator of quality. Global health experts have described loss of autonomy and disrespect as mistreatment. Risk of disrespect and abuse is higher when patient and care provider opinions differ, but little is known about service users experiences when declining aspects of their maternity care.

Methods

To address this gap, we present a qualitative content analysis of 1540 written accounts from 892 service users declining or refusing care options throughout childbearing with a large, geographically representative sample (2900) of childbearing women in British Columbia who participated in an online survey with open-ended ques

SUBMITTER: Niles PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8177419 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature