Table 3 Themes and categories
Overarching theme | HCPs loss of beneficial power in decision-making on mode of birth | |
|---|---|---|
Theme one | HCPs reconceptualize decision-making processes of mode of birth to make women’s voices matter | Temporality |
 Before: Doctor-centred decision-making | ||
Now: towards a patient-centred decision-making | ||
Spatiality | ||
Changes from inside: change in HCPs attitudes | ||
Changes from outside: changes in legislation and women’s attitudes | ||
Theme two | HCPs feel powerless against women’s request to choose mode of birth | HCPs frustration when women ask for a CS or birth plan HCPs intent on controlling the process HCPs feel their voice is not heard |
Theme three | HCPs struggle to redirect women’s decision regarding mode of birth | HCPs choose not to redirect women’s decision HCPs have difficulty redirecting when there is a window to do so Sometimes it is too late to redirect |