[Humanization and nursing assistance to normal childbirth].
Bibliographical study that sought to identify the scientific production about humanization and nursing assistance to normal childbirth. The sources were scientific articles from SCIELO-Brasil's database, from 2000 to 2007. We obtained 13 articles as result from the search, which were grouped in the following categories: childbirth medicalization, humanization of assistance to childbirth, companion during childbirth and performance of the obstetric nurse. The analysis pointed out that the current paradigm is centralized on childbirth intervention, despite of humanization movements defending the natural and physiological childbirth made by the nurse. We concluded that qualified and humanized assistance to childbirth and birth privileges women's respect, dignity and autonomy, regarding women's active role in the birth process.
Hospital Universitário, PI. fernandasousav@bol.com.br
Fernanda Maria de Jesus S Pires
FM
Moura
Cilene Delgado
CD
Crizostomo
Inez Sampaio
IS
Nery
Rita de Cássia Magalhães
Rde C
Mendonça
Olívia Dias
OD
de Araújo
Silvana Santiago
SS
da Rocha
D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009321:Natural Childbirth; D009773:Obstetric Nursing; D011247:Pregnancy; D012944:Social Support