How to share content so that everyone benefits? Dr Sara Wickham offers some suggestions and tips to help you stay generous, friendly and legal.
How to share content so everyone benefits…
Category: Riffing ranting and raving
Transvaginal examination – the need for care
Dr Sara Wickham looks at some of the information women need in order to make an informed decision about transvaginal ultrasound examination.
The induction crisis continues (and what we can do about it)
Love, kisses and other ways of knowing…
Sara Wickham asks whether maternity care providers and those who attend births are focusing on the right things.
What I knew about placental birth that my obstetrician friend didn’t…
Evidence is important, but it isn’t enough. Sara Wickham explains why we need to learn from stories as well as science.
We are all biased by what we see…
Sara Wickham looks at how we are all biased by our experiences, and how different viewpoints depend on what we see.
The language of information: obscuring choice
Sara Wickham discusses how language can be used to obscure choice, or as a tool to exercise power, often in subtle ways that aren’t easily spotted.
Objectivity, religion and belief…
No-one is unbiased. Context is important. Knowing the context of information can help us better make the decisions that are right for us.
The downside of trying to “manage” birth…
What is the downside of trying to manage birth? Sara Wickham looks at how our own actions are often working against women’s and babies’ physiology.
Number Crunching
Sara Wickham discusses number crunching, statistics and the way that our cultural obsession with these things impacts health and maternity care.