Respect in the perinatal experience.
Perinatal educators wish to respect all parties in the perinatal experience. To accomplish this, some may need to learn and practice ways to express feelings of respect. Respect can be written into policy or procedure and is implicit in personal interaction. While all the possible ways to demonstrate respect cannot be listed and passed along, principles of respect can be offered for guidance.
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A nthony D elellis is Assistant Dean for Administration in the School of Nursing at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously Director of the Program in Long-Term and Health Care Management in the Department of Health Administration at the same university and held administrative positions in health care and public education.