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Table 2 Sample interview questions

From: Overlap between birth trauma and mistreatment: a qualitative analysis exploring American clinician perspectives on patient birth experiences

• When you hear the word trauma in relation to birth, what do you think of?

• Tell me a little bit about your own experiences as a [physician, midwife, nurse,] with birth trauma

• Let’s talk a little bit about the delivery room and the practice setting at your hospital [birth center]. What kinds of things do you think might impact whether or not the patient perceives the birth as traumatic? What kinds of things might impact whether the provider finds the birth traumatic?