The obstetricians’ attitudes regarding the labor choice of delivery in Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil

Abstract

The articles presents research motivated by the steady increase in caesarean incidence seen in several Latin American countries, and in the developed world as well,
which has stimulated necessary and urgent discussions in bioethics field. The study sought to investigate and analyze the beliefs, attitudes, behavior, and conduct of 62 professionals in maternal and child health specialists who work in the city of Porto Velho. The data from this study support the undeniable ethical conflict in the obstetrics
practice when it comes to choosing the delivery method that is embodied, primarily, in the ambiguity of the cesarean rates reported in public system versus the high caesarean
rates recorded in health insurance.