title: Obstetrics services--women's perspectives.
abstract: To obtain women's views of obstetric care 400 randomly selected mothers were interviewed postnatally. Since family planning is a constitutional right and all related services free of charge and virtually 100% of pregnant women attend the antenatal clinic, the questions asked were mainly oriented to evaluation of existing obstetric practice. Women were generally satisfied with labor and delivery care (71.2%), but as many as 88.2% of them expressed their dissatisfaction with postnatal care practice. Our women opted for optimal hospital perinatal care - a home-like postnatal care, possibilities for better bonding between mothers and newborn infants and more open, individually oriented communication with medical staff.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006700:Home Childbirth; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009774:Obstetrics; D011181:Postnatal Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D014930:Women