Case for improving respectful care: results from a cross-sectional survey of person-centred maternity care in rural South Africa

• Main Authors: Tanya Doherty (Author), Loveday Penn-Kekana (Author), Veronique Filippi (Author), Samuel Manda (Author), Lyn Haskins (Author), Christiane Horwood (Author), Sphindile Mapumulo (Author), Silondile Luthuli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction Despite a supportive policy environment, little attention has been paid to how to operationalise respectful maternity care in South Africa. This research provides a quantitative, baseline measure of women's perceptions of person-centred maternity care (PCMC) to identify areas of fo...