“Balancing restrictions and access to maternity care for women and birthing partners during the COVID-19 pandemic: the psychosocial impact of suboptimal care”

Lalor, Joan, Ayers, Susan, Agius, Jean Celleja, Downe, Soo orcid iconORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550, Gouni, Olga, Hartmann, Katharina, Nieuwenhuijze, Marianne, Oosterman, Mirjam, Turner, Jonathan D. et al (2021) “Balancing restrictions and access to maternity care for women and birthing partners during the COVID-19 pandemic: the psychosocial impact of suboptimal care”. Bjog : An International Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 128 (11). pp. 1720-1725. ISSN 1470-0328

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16844

Abstract

The women’s right to respectful and dignified care during labour and childbirth is strategically accepted [1]. As management committee members of the EU COST Action CA18211 network (‘DEVOTION’) focused on traumatic childbirth (www.ca18211.eu), we are concerned with ensuring a positive birth experience for all. We work on a pan-European level to ensure women’s rights to give birth in a clinically and psychologically safe environment including during the current COVID-19 pandemic.


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