Category: Riffing ranting and raving

Would you like an ARM with that?

When is consent not consent? That’s not intended to be a trick question, though I’ll admit it is a bit of a leading one in the context of this post because, although there are several possible answers to this, which…

I recently and unexpectedly reconnected with a past midwifery client, ‘Jenna’, who allowed me to share elements of her care story in The New Midwifery a few years ago. Jenna was, of course a pseudonym and both she and her…

I think the title of this post probably gives a bit of a clue as to where I’m going with this! Last week, I spotted the 2014 themed edition of the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, which focuses on…

Just sharing a really random thought that came to me recently. I totally appreciate that this will be seen by some people as pedantic, but I get a bit naffed off when I read the word ‘bedside’ in research papers…

I understand that we live in a world in which science has become the dominant rationality. I understand that notions such as centralisation, risk management, economic viability and utilitarianism have necessarily become the touchstones for bureaucratic services which seek to…