Human rights in childbirth, narratives and restorative justice: a review

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• 作者：A. U. Lokugamage ; S. D. C. Pathberiya
• 关键词：Narratives ; Human rights in childbirth ; Restorative justice ; Obstetric violence ; Respectful maternity care
• 刊名：Reproductive Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：14
• 期：1
• 全文大小：413KB
• 刊物主题：Reproductive Medicine; Public Health; Maternal and Child Health;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1742-4755
• 卷排序：14

文摘

This review describes the emerging global debate on the role of human rights childbirth. It is also tailored to a UK perspective in view of the Montgomery v. Lanarkshire [2015] legal ruling and it implications to practice. We can never underestimate the power of humane care on health. The compassion and evidence based medicine agenda in healthcare is interconnected with human rights in healthcare, feeding into the principles of decision making and patient centred care. When this has not happened and there has been healthcare conflict, the power of storytelling serves to connect disparate parties to their common humanity. Narratives are an important aspect of restorative justice processes and we suggest that this could be beneficial in the field of human rights in childbirth.