[Perspectives of puerperal women regarding rooming-in: from abandonment to acceptance].
The Objective of this study was understand the mothers' social representation concerning the rooming-in.


METHODS
23 mothers assisted in the University Hospital of São Paulo University. Data analysis was obtained by individual and group interviews, based on the Social Representation.


RESULTS
showed the feeling of fear, submission to the institutional rules and health team's routines, a mix of accommodation and resistance to the impersonal way these women were been treated. It also indicates, as the availability of some professionals to interact with these women effectively, acts as an element of re-significance of the women's representations of the abandonment and indifference related to the care given to them.
Soares
Alda Valéria Neves
AV
Seção da Unidade de Sistema de Alojamento Conjunto HU-USP.
Silva
Isília Aparecida
IA
D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D012386:Rooming-in Care / Q000523:psychology*