APLICABILIDADE DOS DIREITOS DAS PARTURIENTES: DO PARADIGMA À REALIDADE

Aim: to know the applicability of the rights of pregnant women by health professionals during labor and delivery, in hospitals of a city south of Rio Grande do Sul. Method: qualitative research realized with four health professional of obstetric center. The data collection were through semi-structured interviews during the months of october and november 2013. The data were analyzed according to the operative proposed. Results: the applicability of the Laws was limited and justified by the lack know ledge about those Laws and the low investment in the education of professionals. Conclusion: despite the existence of programs and policies that advocate improved quality of care for women, from conception to the postpartum, is still necessary to improve adherence of professional to the humanized attention to the rigths of postpartum women.