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This is the second and final part of the paper by Elizabeth Smythe. It is a refreshing philosophical approach to childbirth informed by Gadamer's and Heidegger's philosophy. It is also about the need for a holistic approach to life and meaning. [...]Article de revue
Thierry Robin, Auteur |The focus of today's paper is the original story of one mother. It was her second birth. Her first birth had involved a lot of medical intervention. Her story situated in New Zealand, seems to portray a ‘very good birth’. But what makes a ‘ good[...]Article de revue
Thierry Robin, Auteur |Talking about backache during pregnancy is a bit of a cliché but is unfortunately deeply grounded in reality. Pregnancy-related low back and/ pelvic pain occur across the world, and affects the vast majority of pregnant women both physically and[...]Article de revue
Thierry Robin, Auteur |Providing skin-to-skin contact in the operating theatre and recovery presents unique challenges due to the ‘juxtaposition’ of providing social and emotional care in an intrinsically medicalised setting. This paper by Jeni Stevens, Virginia Schmi[...]Article de revue
Thierry Robin, Auteur |This paper by Lynne Potvin, Hilary Brown and Virginie Cobigo aimed to explore a complex issue – at times even regarded as taboo – by contributing to the development of a conceptual framework that may inform maternity care improvements for expect[...]Article de revue
Today's second installment on our scary trip through British midwifery is yet again led by Mandie Scamell. She identifies how contemporary midwifery practice in the UK, as is the case in most Western countries, converges upon an interface betwee[...]Article de revue
Today's paper scrutinises how the operations of risk management help to constitute midwives’ understandings of childbirth in a particular way. Drawing from rich ethnographic data, collected in South East England, this survey presents empirical e[...]Article de revue
In the following paper, Hannah Dahlen (Professor of Midwifery in the UK) makes a potent point in favor of midwife-led continuity of care, explaining why and how bias, fear and big money in private clinical care sometimes intermingle at the expen[...]Article de revue
Some of you may have watched the 2012 French comedy film entitled Bowling , starring Catherine Frot and Mathilde Seigner. That movie drew its inspiration from the maternity service located in Carhaix, right in the middle of Brittany. The service[...]Revue
You are about to embark on the final leg of a fascinating anthropological journey through the scientific literature bearing on the cultural practices and traditional beliefs influencing the perinatal period notably in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa[...]Article de revue
In this article, you are about to find a thought-provoking synthesis of the scientific literature bearing on the cultural practices and traditional beliefs influencing the perinatal period notably in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. S[...]Article de revue
Today, let us have a look at the world news and its implications for global midwifery. First we shall examine the Zika pandemic and its potential impact on the Olympics in Rio over the summer ′16 and secondly we will scrutinize the latest report[...]Article de revue
Scandinavia appears to be leading the way for parental classes. These were introduced in Sweden in 1980 as an integrated part of the antenatal and child healthcare programme, and are – in theory – offered to all expectant parents. Such classes a[...]Article de revue
Midwifery is far from being a cushy world, it implies physical involvement and exertion on the part of the women doing the job. The labour of the women giving birth may then entail pains in the carers doing their best to help them in those cruci[...]Article de revue
Domestic violence is a hidden problem which is difficult to detect though it entails a great deal of suffering for all family members especially those who happen to be more vulnerable like pregnant women or the siblings of the baby who is about [...]Article de revue
The use of intravenous artificial oxytocin for augmentation of labour is very common in midwifery care in Sweden. Studies have shown that it is often administered to women in labour who show no signs of dystocia. Yet there is awareness that inte[...]Article de revue
Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding is an important public health strategy. There is international evidence that implementation of the global strategy known as the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and accreditation of maternity f[...]Article de revue
In this month's column, let us have a look at the intrauterine device (IUD), which is the most widely used reversible form of contraception in the world, though it remains underutilized in North America, South Asia, Oceania and sub-Saharan Afric[...]Article de revue
In this issue, let us try to assess the practical aspects and problems surrounding the implementation of the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP). It goes without saying the NIDCAP, which was originally devel[...]Article de revue
This is our third and last look at the ILO report. Arrangement of working time for mothers, night work and its ensuing problems or ambivalent implications for a balanced family life really do matter. Unhealthy working conditions, breastfeeding a[...]
