Is prevention better than cure? Sara Wickham looks at the idea of prophylaxis; doing things to try to prevent disease and danger.
Deconstructing prophylaxis
Tag: anti-D
More evidence on targeting anti-D
Research looking at targeting anti-D … using fetal rhesus group testing in order to offer anti-D only to women carrying rhesus positive babies.
Yet more evidence to help women avoid unnecessary anti-D
Researchers in the UK have taken the next step towards the introduction of a test which could help identify the rhesus negative pregnant women who are carrying a rhesus negative baby. These women would then not even need to consider…
Questioning screening: food for thought
Are you aware that the vast majority of the things that midwives do during antenatal and postnatal checks and when looking after women in labour are actually screening tests? No matter whether we are checking a woman’s blood pressure, urine…
Choice, Control and the Parenting Police…
A pregnant woman, who we’ll call Amanda, was recently reported to Social Services by her midwife. A representative from Social Services contacted Amanda and, somewhere along the line, Amanda realised that her ability to be a good mother to her…
Anti-D: exploring midwifery knowledge
Dr Sara Wickham’s 2001 article, “anti-D: exploring midwifery knowledge”, which looked at the views and knowledge of holistic midwives.