'We felt like part of a production system': A qualitative study on women's experiences of mistreatment during childbirth in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mistreatment during childbirth is an issue of global magnitude that not only violates fundamental human rights but also seriously impacts women's well-being. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon by exploring the individual experiences of women who reported mistreatment during childbirth in Switzerland.

Materials and methods

This project used a mixed methods approach to investigate women's experiences of mistreatment during childbirth in general and informal coercion specifically: The present qualitative study expands on the findings from a nationwide online survey on childbirth experience. It combines inductive with theoretical thematic analysis to study the 7,753 comments women wrote in the survey and the subsequent int

SUBMITTER: Meyer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8856555 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature