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Woman-Centred Safe Abortion Care in Africa

African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2004
Unsafe abortion in Africa affects not only women, but also their children, families and communities To counter this extremely costly yet easily preventable problem, African nations must ensure that health systems are trained and equipped to help prevent unwanted pregnancy, to treat women in emergency situations, and to make safe abortion services ...
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Woman centred care: Has the definition been morphing of late?

Women and Birth, 2021
The International Year of the Nurse and Midwife (2020) provided us with many challenges, during what should have been a year of celebration. This Special Issue honours the contributions midwives make to excellence in caring for women and their babies. We include papers from around the world, with topics ranging from supporting women and midwives during
Rigg, Elizabeth, Dahlen, Hannah G. (R13596)   +1 more
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Choice as the cornerstone of woman-centred care

British Journal of Midwifery, 2019
At reproductive healthcare charity the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), midwives play an essential role in providing a high-quality service and upholding women's choices
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The challenge of negotiating the maze of woman-centred care in Scotland

British Journal of Midwifery, 1997
This article, the second in a two-part series, looks at changes in practice that might be encountered by midwives in Scotland, as the term ‘woman-centred care’ and the attendant new schemes of care are tried and tested. The challenges are examined, good points come to light but problems too, emerge. While being ready to look forward and embrace change
Lindsay Reid, Edith Hillan, Margaret McGuire   +2 more
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Hyperemesis gravidarum: providing woman-centred care

British Journal of Midwifery, 2007
Hyperemesis gravidarum is a complex, life-altering condition that can be associated with maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. However, it is not easy to diagnose or manage and there is still no defined cause or cure. Many women have long suffered at the mercy of this condition and have been left feeing confused, unwell and isolated by it ...
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Is ‘woman-centred care’ becoming a pious platitude?

British Journal of Midwifery, 1996
Last year a colleague of mine looked after a couple having their first baby. She offered a total package of care and continuity from diagnosis of pregnancy through to discharge to the health visitor. Her client, Sarah, wanted the on-going support of a midwife she knew and trusted.
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Conceptualizing Woman-Centred Care in Midwifery

Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice
Feminist values conceptualize health care service as a social relationship, and they approach the sharing of information as a self-help activity rather than one between experts and naïve recipients. Woman-centred care embraces these ideas and is a fundamental concept in midwifery, straddling both the biomedical model and feminist health care ...
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Woman centred maternity care and professional positioning: A response to Dornan

International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2009
In his editorial on childbirth in the UK, Dornan (2008) expresses his opinions on the structure of the medical and midwifery professions and the organisation of childbirth in the UK. While I would not wish to deny him the right to express these opinions, I feel that it is essential that the factual inaccuracies and the assumptions based on these ...
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Infant feeding and HIV in the UK: achieving woman-centred care

British Journal of Midwifery, 2005
Guidelines for the management of infant feeding when a mother is HIV positive were reissued by the Department of Health last year, which reiterate advice about the avoidance of breastfeeding to protect against mother-to-child transmission of HIV. This article considers the implications of this policy for midwives in the UK and the HIV positive women ...
Judith Sutherland, Carolyn Roth
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Towards a woman-centred model of care.

The practising midwife, 2010
Lyndsay, Durkin, Tracy, Palmer
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