Obstetric violence: a systematic review of the literature
Abstract
The objective of this review is to give an account of the state of the question about obstetric violence, the way it is defined and conceptualized and the approach that has been established on this issue in the last 10 years. Regarding the methodology, a systematic review of the literature was made, for which 140 articles were found and systematized. The results indicate that the studies found are exploratory, few explanatories, and no action research or intervention studies were found. This indicates that this topic is at the preliminary stage of study.
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