Competing discourses of risk and woman-centred care: challenges for midwives and women
Pregnant women and their birth partners require detailed, evidence-based information from healthcare professionals throughout pregnancy and birth, in order to make informed decisions about their care choices and preferences. However, healthcare professionals - particularly midwives - operate within...
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| description | Pregnant women and their birth partners require detailed, evidence-based information from healthcare professionals throughout pregnancy and birth, in order to make informed decisions about their care choices and preferences. However, healthcare professionals - particularly midwives - operate within competing discourses of risk avoidance and woman-centred, personalised models of care, and bring their own perceptions of risk to the discussions they have with women. This article outlines the concept of risk and its relevance to contemporary maternity care, and using the example of birth plans, explores ways in which midwives and the women in their care might better negotiate competing discourses of risk and woman-centred care. |
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| spelling | nottingham-519382020-05-04T19:35:14Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51938/ Competing discourses of risk and woman-centred care: challenges for midwives and women Divall, Bernie Pregnant women and their birth partners require detailed, evidence-based information from healthcare professionals throughout pregnancy and birth, in order to make informed decisions about their care choices and preferences. However, healthcare professionals - particularly midwives - operate within competing discourses of risk avoidance and woman-centred, personalised models of care, and bring their own perceptions of risk to the discussions they have with women. This article outlines the concept of risk and its relevance to contemporary maternity care, and using the example of birth plans, explores ways in which midwives and the women in their care might better negotiate competing discourses of risk and woman-centred care. Birth and Parent Education Ltd. 2018-05-01 Article PeerReviewed Divall, Bernie (2018) Competing discourses of risk and woman-centred care: challenges for midwives and women. International Journal of Birth and Parent Education, 5 (3). pp. 26-30. ISSN 2054-0779 risk; birth plans; midwives; cultural narratives |
| spellingShingle | risk; birth plans; midwives; cultural narratives Divall, Bernie Competing discourses of risk and woman-centred care: challenges for midwives and women |
| title | Competing discourses of risk and woman-centred care: challenges for midwives and women |
| title_full | Competing discourses of risk and woman-centred care: challenges for midwives and women |
| title_fullStr | Competing discourses of risk and woman-centred care: challenges for midwives and women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Competing discourses of risk and woman-centred care: challenges for midwives and women |
| title_short | Competing discourses of risk and woman-centred care: challenges for midwives and women |
| title_sort | competing discourses of risk and woman-centred care: challenges for midwives and women |
| topic | risk; birth plans; midwives; cultural narratives |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51938/ |