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Telephone-based peer support for postnatal depression Postnatal depression is a major concern for both mother and baby A new study published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing suggests that...
Reports of substandard care within the NHS are, sadly, part of our modern narrative. The Kirkup report into serious maternity care failings at the hospital in Morecambe Bay found that the unit was...
The strategic policy direction for maternity care in Northern Ireland is contained within the Maternity Strategy for Northern Ireland (Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS),...
Milky Moments Milky Moments is not...
The overarching aim of midwifery supervision is to ensure that women and their babies receive high-quality and safe care This goal is enshrined in the Midwives rules and standards (Nursing and...
This article will consider the debate as to whether contemporary midwifery care should be based on policies and guidelines underpinned by systematic review (positivism), or based on evidence derived...
Asylum seekers are people who have fled their home country due to a fear of being persecuted, and are awaiting a decision as to whether their asylum claim is accepted by the government of the country...
Early pushing urge (EPU) is defined as the perception of the irresistible urge to push by the labouring woman before full cervical dilatation, confirmed by vaginal examination Although different...
The Welsh Health agenda continues to provide challenges to midwives in the country In 2014, there was a fall in the birth rate of 06%: from 33 747 in 2013 to 33 544 (Office for National Statistics...
A woman has failed in her bid to use her deceased daughter's frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild In R (on the application of IM) v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority [2015], the...
Optimal Care in Childbirth: The case for a physiological approach ...
The word midwife originates from Middle English: probably from the obsolete preposition mid meaning ‘with’ and wife in the archaic sense of meaning ‘woman’ (Oxford Dictionaries, 2015) The current...
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