Obstetric Violence, Perinatal Care and Obstetric Care: Relationships and Developments in the Light of an Integrative Review

Abstract

Obstetric nursing has sought demedicalized care, centered on women's autonomy and rights. Hence the importance of quality care without traces of obstetric violence of any kind. In this sense, the objective of this work is to identify the forms of perinatal assistance and obstetric care as well as their relationships with obstetric violence experienced by women in the light of an integrative review. This is a research with a qualitative approach of the integrative literature review type. The results indicate types of obstetric violence experienced by women from prenatal care to childbirth and the postpartum period. Thus, in general, the main types of obstetric violence were found, which were: lack of communication, refusal of a companion, physical, verbal and psychological violence and also the main protection strategies, which are affective communication, presence of a companion , prioritization of care and health education actions. Therefore, it was observed in the study that women suffer daily from acts of obstetric violence. In view of this, there is a need to offer and implement tools and/or resources that will reduce these cases in society, so that these women can be properly protected from the moment they discover their pregnancy, until the moment of childbirth and the postpartum period.