The risk-managed birth ball; Sara Wickham’s article in which she considers just how far things are going towards a culture of risk management…
The risk-managed birth ball
Tag: articles
Standardisation of Care: a contradiction in terms
A guest post by Professor Emerita Mavis Kirkham: Standardisation of Care: a contradiction in terms. And why individualisation matters.
The wisdom of storks
Sara Wickham looks at what storks can teach us about the need for science AND stories when it comes to birth wisdom.
Number Crunching
Sara Wickham discusses number crunching, statistics and the way that our cultural obsession with these things impacts health and maternity care.
Deconstructing prophylaxis
Is prevention better than cure? Sara Wickham looks at the idea of prophylaxis; doing things to try to prevent disease and danger.
The evidence for rebozos
Sara Wickham begins her exploration of the use of the rebozo; a Mexican scarf sometimes used in labour and birth. What’s the evidence?
The language of birth: crossing the Ts and promoting positivity
Sara Wickham looks at more examples of the language of birth. More on why ‘T’ for term is problematic, and the promotion of positivity.
A Fundamental Contradiction: the business model does not fit midwifery values
Mavis Kirkham’s article: A Fundamental Contradiction: the business model does not fit midwifery values
Questioning induction of labour in older women
Dr Sara Wickham asks whether the evidence supports recommending early induction for older women.
Risk and birth
Sara Wickham offers resources to illuminate and further thinking about risk and birth and how the notion of risk is discussed in pregnancy and birth.