Individual and country-level variables associated with the medicalization of birth: Multilevel analyses of IMAgiNE EURO data from 15 countries in the WHO European region.

Celine Miani Lisa Wandschneider Stephanie Batram-Zantvoort Benedetta Covi Helen Elden Ingvild Hersoug NedbergZalka DrglinElizabete Pumpure Raquel Costa Virginie Rozée Marina Ruxandra Oţelea Daniela Drandić Jelena Radetic Alessia ZellwegerAmira ĆerimagićMaryse Arendt Ilaria Mariani Karolina LindénBarbara Mihevc PonikvarDārta JakovickaHeloisa DiasJovana Ružičić Claire de Labrusse Emanuelle Pessa Valente Mehreen ZaighamAnja BohinecDace Rezeberga Catarina BarataAnouk PfundEmma Sacks Marzia Lazzerininull null

Published in: International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (2022)

We recommend a greater emphasis in health policies on promotion of respectful and patient-centered care approaches to birth to enhance women's experiences of care, and the development of a European-level indicator to monitor medicalization of reproductive care.

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