The Giving Voice to Mothers study: inequity and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States

• Main Authors: Saraswathi Vedam (Author), Kathrin Stoll (Author), Tanya Khemet Taiwo (Author), Nicholas Rubashkin (Author), Melissa Cheyney (Author), Nan Strauss (Author), Monica McLemore (Author), Micaela Cadena (Author), Elizabeth Nethery (Author), Eleanor Rushton (Author), Laura Schummers (Author), Eugene Declercq (Author), the GVtM-US Steering Council (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Recently WHO researchers described seven dimensions of mistreatment in maternity care that have adverse impacts on quality and safety. Applying the WHO framework for quality care, service users partnered with NGOs, clinicians, and researchers, to design and conduct the Giving Voi...