Abstract:

Family-centered maternal/neonatal care is a complex, multidimensional, and dynamic process for providing personalized care and is based on meeting the woman’s, newborn’s and the family’s physical, emotional, psychosocial and mental needs in a respectful, affectionate and a culturally sensitive way, in cooperation with them. Family-centered maternal/neonatal care emphasizes that pregnancy and labor are normal and healthy processes and family support, involvement, and conscious selection are important in this process. The Canadian Public Health Agency has developed evidence-based guide principles for family-centered maternal/neonatal care in collaboration with maternal and neonatal health specialists in Canada. Given with the main lines; these principles determine the general philosophy in family-centered maternal/neonatal care. The purpose of this review is to provide general information about the concept of family-centered maternal/neonatal care, to review the literature on the wide range of family-centered maternal/neonatal care, and to guide midwives who have a crucial role in this issue.

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