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Organisation of maternity care and choices of mode of birth: A worldwide view
April 2012(Vol. 28 | No. 2 | Pages 146-149)
Hora Soltani, Jane Sandall

Using diaries to explore midwives' experiences in intrapartum care: An evaluation of the method in a phenomenological study
April 2012(Vol. 28 | No. 2 | Pages 150-155)
Carol Bedwell, Linda McGowan, Tina Lavender

Identifying risk factors for very preterm birth: A reference for clinicians
07 May 2012
Lyndsey F. Watson, Jo-Anne Rayner, Della Forster
Abstract: Objective: to provide an accessible list of individual and population-based risk factors associated with very preterm birth to assist care providers in planning appropriate pregnancy care. D...
An assessment of the cost-effectiveness of midwife-led care in the United Kingdom
07 May 2012
Padhraig Ryan, Paul Revill, Declan Devane, Charles Normand
Abstract: Objectives: to analyse the existing evidence on the cost-effectiveness of midwife-led care compared with consultant-led care in settings potentially generalisable to the United Kingdom, and ...
We only talk about breast feeding: A discourse analysis of infant feeding messages in antenatal group-based education
30 April 2012
Fenwick Jennifer, Burns Elaine, Sheehan Athena, Schmied Virginia
Abstract: Aim: the aim of the study was to examine the dominant discourses that midwives draw on to present information on breast feeding in group-based antenatal education sessions. Background: breas...
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: Translation and antepartum validation for a Hungarian sample
14 March 2012
Annamária Töreki, Bálint Andó, Attila Keresztúri, János Sikovanyecz, Robert B. Dudas, Zoltán Janka, Zoltan Kozinszky, Attila Pál
Abstract: Objective: the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is an important screening instrument routinely used during the peripartum period for the identification of depression. The purpose ...
Seeing and holding a stillborn baby: Mothers' feelings in relation to how their babies were presented to them after birth—Findings from an online questionnaire
14 March 2012
Kerstin Erlandsson, Jane Warland, Joanne Cacciatore, Ingela Rådestad
Abstract: Objective: to determine if the way caregivers offer opportunities to see and hold a stillborn baby impacts a mother's feelings about the experience of seeing and holding her newborn. Design ...

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Article Title	Author(s)	Type	Pages
The best of both worlds – Parents' motivations for using an alongside birth centre from an ethnographic study February 2012 (Vol. 28 \| No. 1 \| Pages 61-66) Abstract Full Text PDF (139 KB)	Mary Newburn	Full-length article	61-66
Midwifery special issue call for papers—Place of birth April 2011 (Vol. 27 \| No. 2 \| Page 113) Full Text PDF (71 KB)	Jane Sandall, Professor Rona McCandish	Editorial	113-113
Writing for publication in this refereed journal June 2005 (Vol. 21 \| No. 2 \| Pages 190-194) Abstract Full Text PDF (163 KB)	Ann M. Thomson	Full-length article	190-194
Midwifery and the LGBT midwife February 2012 (Vol. 28 \| No. 1 \| Pages 9-13) Abstract Full Text PDF (139 KB)	Rosemary Mander, Miranda Page	Short communication	9-13
‘I want a choice, but I don't want to decide’—A qualitative study of pregnant women’s experiences regarding early ultrasound risk assessment for chromosomal anomalies February 2012 (Vol. 28 \| No. 1 \| Pages 14-23) Abstract Full Text PDF (309 KB)	Ingvild Aune, Anders Möller	Full-length article	14-23

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