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02 September 2019 02 Sep 2019

Volume 27 | Issue 9

ISSN (Print): 0969-4900

ISSN (Online): 2052-4307

Vitamin K and ethics

With the Andrew Wakefield MMR and autism scandal, and the subsequent rise of the anti-vaccination movement, today's patients can now be seen as sceptical consumers keen to assert their autonomy, and no longer passive recipients of medical paternalism

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Better Births: early findings from North-West London

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The place they will be born

Ask, ‘could it be ICP?’

Charity Spotlight

Midwives' voices need to be heard in the safeguarding discussion

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