Abstract
This article sought to analyze and describe the main difficulties that professionals involved in childbirth care face in providing humanized care. This study is a literature review carried out from January to February 2020. The data collected were present in electronic means of the database, especially the Virtual Health Library (VHL), the Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) and PUBMED. The descriptors were used: “humanized delivery”, “delivery assistance” and “obstetrics” in a single or combined way. It became evident that although humanized childbirth has gained more prominence in recent years, there are some factors that make it difficult for professionals to use these techniques, such as the lack of structure and / or materials in maternity hospitals. Thus, for humanized childbirth assistance to occur effectively and facilitated, a reorganization of maternity hospitals is necessary in order to provide a welcoming environment, health professionals are expected to provide more supportive care, in addition to measures and beneficial procedures for monitoring delivery and birth.