Partnering with the woman who declines recommended maternity care: Development of a statewide guideline in Queensland, Australia.
informed consent
maternity hospitals
patient‐centred care
shared decision making
treatment refusal
Journal
The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology
ISSN: 1479-828X
Titre abrégé: Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 0001027
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
27 Sep 2024
27 Sep 2024
Historique:
received:
25
09
2023
accepted:
11
09
2024
medline:
28
9
2024
pubmed:
28
9
2024
entrez:
27
9
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Choice, a fundamental pillar of woman-centred maternity care, depends in part on the right to decline recommended care. While professional guidance for midwives and obstetricians emphasises informed consent and respect for women's autonomy, there is little guidance available to clinicians or women about how to navigate maternity care in the context of refusal. To describe the process and outcomes of co-designing resources to support partnership between the woman who declines recommended maternity care and the clinicians and health services who provide her care. Following a participatory co-design process involving consumer representatives, obstetricians, midwives, maternal fetal medicine specialists, neonatologists, health service executives, and legal and ethics experts, implementation of the resources was trialled in seven Queensland Health services using Improvement Science's Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles. Resources for Partnering with the woman who declines recommended maternity care have now been implemented statewide, in Queensland, including a guideline, two consumer information brochures (available in 11 languages), clinical form, flowcharts, consumer video, clinician education, and culturally capable First Nations resources. Central to these resources is an innovative shared clinical form, that is accessible online, may be initiated and carried by the woman, and where she can document her perspective as part of the clinical notes. Queensland is the first Australian jurisdiction, and perhaps internationally, to formally establish this kind of guidance in clinical practice. Such guidance is identified as an enabler of choice in the national Australian strategy Woman-centred care: Strategic directions for Australian maternity services.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Choice, a fundamental pillar of woman-centred maternity care, depends in part on the right to decline recommended care. While professional guidance for midwives and obstetricians emphasises informed consent and respect for women's autonomy, there is little guidance available to clinicians or women about how to navigate maternity care in the context of refusal.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
To describe the process and outcomes of co-designing resources to support partnership between the woman who declines recommended maternity care and the clinicians and health services who provide her care.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
METHODS
Following a participatory co-design process involving consumer representatives, obstetricians, midwives, maternal fetal medicine specialists, neonatologists, health service executives, and legal and ethics experts, implementation of the resources was trialled in seven Queensland Health services using Improvement Science's Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Resources for Partnering with the woman who declines recommended maternity care have now been implemented statewide, in Queensland, including a guideline, two consumer information brochures (available in 11 languages), clinical form, flowcharts, consumer video, clinician education, and culturally capable First Nations resources. Central to these resources is an innovative shared clinical form, that is accessible online, may be initiated and carried by the woman, and where she can document her perspective as part of the clinical notes.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Queensland is the first Australian jurisdiction, and perhaps internationally, to formally establish this kind of guidance in clinical practice. Such guidance is identified as an enabler of choice in the national Australian strategy Woman-centred care: Strategic directions for Australian maternity services.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : Clinical Excellence Queensland
Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Author(s). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
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