Acompanhamento das parturientes nas maternidades públicas do município de Aracaju : percepções sobre autonomia

Abstract

The present work seeks to identify whether, in the public maternity hospitals in Aracaju, there is a guarantee of the parturient's autonomy, through the effective fulfillment of Law 11.108/2005 (Companion Law). The research was organized in three main parts: in the first, a theoretical contribution was made, in order to structure the discussion with important concepts about autonomy, companion and details of the law in question. In the second part, a field research was carried out, in order to identify, quantitatively and qualitatively, details about the possibility or impossibility of the companion's presence in public maternity hospitals in Aracaju, in addition to capturing subjective details about the perception of the parturient's autonomy. At the end of the work, it was possible to identify that the 11.108/2005 law is shown as an important tool for the occurrence of a peaceful delivery, bringing numerous benefits for the mother and the baby. Despite this, it was observed that compliance with Law 11.108/2005 is far from ideal, requiring the implementation of tools so that it is, in fact, effective.