Discussing obstetric and institutional violence in Brazil through its legislation: systematic review
International Journal of Development Research
Discussing obstetric and institutional violence in Brazil through its legislation: systematic review
Received 19th July, 2018; Received in revised form 03rd August, 2018; Accepted 21st September, 2018; Published online 30th October, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Tatiane Ribeiro et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Obstetric violence is considered a public health problem by the World Health Organization. In Brazil, despite studies reporting a serious situation, the issue has met with resistance, making it difficult to improve delivery care. This study aimed to evaluate obstetric violence during childbirth, in light of Brazilian legislation. For that, a research was done in the Scielo database using as descriptors "Humanizing Delivery" and "Violence in Childbirth", and of the 71 articles found, 20 were used to compose the textual body, besides the Brazilian legislation on the subject. From the discussion, we conclude that obstetric violence in Brazil is frequent, ranging from injury to death, necessitating greater humanization in the care of women's health, especially in parturition, and greater comprehensiveness in Brazilian legislation regarding violence in the childbirth.
