Esteban-Sepúlveda, SilviaFàbregas-Mitjans, MontserratOrdobas-Pages, LauraTutusaus, AnnaAndreica, Ligia EmanuelaLeyva-Moral, Juan Manuel2022-10-252022Esteban-Sepúlveda S, Fabregas-Mitjans M, Ordobas-Pages L, Tutusaus-Arderiu A, Andreica LE, Leyva-Moral JM. The experience of giving birth in a hospital in Spain: humanization versus technification. Enferm Clin (Engl Ed). 2022 Jun; 32 Suppl 1: S14-22. DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcle.2021.10.0072445-1479http://hdl.handle.net/10230/54552Aim: to explore and describe the experiences of women giving birth in a tertiary public hospital, with special focus on experiences related to humanized care and women's participation in decision making. Method: this is a qualitative phenomenological study through semi-structured interviews to postpartum women giving birth in a tertiary hospital between January and May 2017. Data were analysed through content analysis. Results: the two overarching themes emerged were the professional-information dyad and privacy. Subthemes of the first main theme were the therapeutic relationship, decision-making, feeding the baby, procedures, and the time factor. Subthemes of the second topic were the feelings generated by the hospital environment, the delivery room, and the maternity ward. Conclusions: if the therapeutic relationship is good, technology is not seen as dehumanising but rather as necessary to ensure continuing safety. "Humanising" material resources are not a priority for women in the birth process and are little used. Privacy was experienced as being a particularly intense need, which women called for throughout the healthcare process.application/pdfeng© Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enfcle.2021.10.007info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enfcle.2021.10.007Birth settingCalidad de la atención de saludDecision makingEntorno del partoHumanización de la atenciónHumanization of assistanceHumanizing deliveryPartoParto humanizadoParturitionQuality of health careToma de decisionesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess