"Black Women Should Not Die Giving Life": The lived experiences of Black women diagnosed with severe maternal morbidity in the United States. April 17, 2024

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/black-women-should-not-die-giving-life-lived-experiences-black-women-diagnosed-severe "Black Women Should Not Die Giving Life": The lived experiences of Black women diagnosed with severe maternal morbidity in the United States. Post W, Thomas AD, Sutton KM. Birth. 2024;Epub Apr 2. Structural racism and discrimination can impede safe maternal care. This qualitative study among Black women highlighted how their severe maternal morbidity (SMM) experiences relate to manifestations of racism through communication failures and stereotyping, differential treatment, and medical errors/near misses.