Maternity care is a service provided to women throughout pregnancy, during childbirth and some periods after childbirth. Rapid developments in medical technology and improvements over time in ensuring the best services in maternity care indicate an ever -improving achievement. The target of minimizing the maternal mortality rate in Malaysia shows various measures taken by the Malaysian Government in general and the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) in particular. However, there is still room for improvement when there are recommendations and suggestions for maternity care in Malaysia towards holistic and sharia - compliant care practices. There is still customer dissatisfaction in this sector when it comes to the level of current maternity care provided. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the aspects that need to be given attention to make maternity care holistic. This study uses a qualitative approach and in the form of an exploratory study. Data were collected using documentation methods and semi -structured interviews. This interview method involved a physician and a sharia -compliant panel at the hospital. The data obtained were analysed using content analysis method. Findings show that there are four aspects that need to be strengthened to meet the needs of sharia -compliant maternity services, namely the empowerment of women's rights and privacy when receiving treatment, aspects of facilities that help the implementation of treatment according to sharia, service delivery by caregivers and their approach, and medical issue resolution from an Islamic perspective. Improvements in this aspect meet the needs and demands in the field of maternity services while further ensuring the sustainability of national maternity services.
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