This article deals with the female right to perform natural childbirth and its relation to the civil responsibility of the physician. There is a difficulty in the effectiveness of the law cited because of the resistance of the system,...
moreThis article deals with the female right to perform natural childbirth and its relation to the civil responsibility of the physician. There is a difficulty in the effectiveness of the law cited because of the resistance of the system, which prioritizes the cesarean section, and there is a demand to provide a legal means of compensation to certain cases and inhibition thereof. It was observed the Brazilian context regarding the epidemic of cesarean sections, its impact on the woman and the newborn causing legal damage; Cases of false evidence of which physicians are used to influence cesarean delivery are recorded, and such data are collected through research carried out by health professionals; And analyzed the civil liability of the physician, its elements and the possibility of moral, material and aesthetic damage. This article does not predict the end of cesarean deliveries, as will be explained at the outset, but rather the need for the Law to protect women in the choice of natural childbirth and provide compensation for the damages suffered, as well as discouraging doctors from considering financial gains and Not the dignity of the human person. Bibliographical analysis was done with books, news and scientific articles and health area, being an interdisciplinary topic. The research is quantitative and qualitative, besides being exploratory and bibliographical. Keywords: Dignity of the Human Person. Natural childbirth. Cesarean section. Legal damages. Medical Liability of the Physician.
