Overview of Humanisation Concepts

Lois McKellar; Yvonne Kuipers; Allison Cummins; Caragh Brosnan; Justine  Groizard; Penny Buykx; Katharine Gillett; Laura Whitburn; Liz  Newnham

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-95827-4_2

Overview of Humanisation Concepts

Lois McKellar
, Yvonne Kuipers
, Allison Cummins
, Caragh Brosnan
, Justine Groizard
, Penny Buykx
, Katharine Gillett
, Laura Whitburn
, Liz Newnham

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Abstract

This chapter will explore humanisation concepts and situate the book within the broader literature on humanising healthcare. It will consider how concepts such as person-centred, and relationship-based care have been adopted within traditional healthcare systems and are central to midwifery practice. The chapter also provides an overview of established dimensions for humanising healthcare and a discussion of the relevance to humanising maternity care. Importantly, this chapter proposes a humanising birth framework and introduces seven domains for humanising birth. These domains provide a framework for optimising physiology and human flourishing. This framework has been shaped by years of working in, and thinking about, humanising childbirth, and underpins the transdisciplinary Humanising Birth Research Network (HBRN), established in 2023. This framework, and the articulated domains offer a way to think about humanising birth, and a foundation to frame future research and practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Humanising Birth
Subtitle of host publication	Considerations for the Global Maternity Crisis
Editors	Elizabeth Newnham, Lois McKellar, Kaveri Mayra, Yvonne Kuipers
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	13–30
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-95827-4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-95826-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-95827-4_2
Publication status	Published - 2025

UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 5 Gender Equality

Keywords

Humanising healthcare
Person-centred care
relationship-based care
Dimensions of humanisation
Humanising birth framework
Humanising birth domains
Relationship-based care

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