TECNOLOGIAS APROPRIADAS AO PROCESSO DO TRABALHO DE PARTO HUMANIZADO.

Objective: to reflect on the appropriate technologies used by generalist nurses and obstetricians in the process of humanized labor. Methodology: This is a reflection about the hard, light and light-hard technologies used in childbirth. The process of childbirth in the present time was related to the concepts of technologies according to Merhy. Results: the use of light and hard-light technologies as appropriate tools for humanized childbirth, as they favor women's autonomy and subjectivity, were pointed out in this course, however, hard technologies are sometimes important in the parturition process, such as a surgical intervention according to the recommendations of the Ministry of Health.. Conclusions: The applicability of light and hard-light technologies is favorable to humanized labor, thus reducing the risks of infection and maternal and neonatal mortality caused by unnecessary interventions from hard technologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]