Mavis Kirkham writes about standardisation of maternity care.
Tag: midwife-led care
Why do women value midwifery care?
This month has seen the publication of a study which is really important to women, midwives and everybody involved in maternity care, because it looks even more deeply at a really vital question: what it is that women value in…
Four recent birth-related revelations…
Since I got back from our latest trip, I’ve been catching up with the research, blog posts and thinking that went on while we were away, and I found so many interesting things that I decided to write a summary…
A Fundamental Contradiction: the business model does not fit midwifery values
“Midwifery is beset with problems at present and, as we seek to deal with each crisis, there is no time to look at the source of the problems. As I am a retired academic and no longer practicing, thanks to…
Celebrating the Albany Practice Outcomes
This week, an important paper has been published (currently in draft form) in Midwifery. Titled ‘Midwifery continuity of carer in an area of high socio-economic disadvantage in London: a retrospective analysis of Albany Midwifery Practice outcomes using routine data (1997–2009)’,…
Continuity of midwifery care works in remote Australia
I’m always happy to be able to share research showing that midwifery care works in another part of the world, and the latest study demonstrates that it works in remote Australia. Which is great because, as Lack et al (2016)…
Midwife-led care works in Manitoba!
Over the past year or three, I have shared numerous studies and respected reviews that have shown midwifery-led care to be effective all around the world in countries from Australia to Ireland. Midwifery care helps keep birth normal and it…
Eight studies on my ‘normal birth’ reading pile (part 1)
Every so often, the pile of papers waiting for my attention and for possible inclusion on my blog begins to topple over under the weight of the interesting stuff contained within. The fact is, there’s just so much interesting birth-related…
Women who have caseload midwifery “feel more proud of themselves”…
It has been a good few weeks since we last saw the publication of a study showing the value of midwife-led care compared to other approaches, so it’s very nice of the BJOG to pop one in their journal to…
Midwifery care: what do women want?
A team of Dutch researchers have published an analysis of data gathered from nearly three and a half thousand women who responded to questions about how midwifery care could be improved. I have to say that the findings of this…