Health professionals’ perception of disrespectful and abusive intrapartum care during facility-based childbirth in LMIC: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis

The interest of the global community in improving women’s experiences with childbirth has led to interventions such as facility-based childbirth and the use of skilled birth attendants. However, reports of low facility and skilled birth attendants use continue to exist in literature because of disrespectful and abusive care directed at women during childbirth. The present systematic review examined the question “What are the understanding and...