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Objective: to describe women's experience of the encounter with the midwife during childbirth.Design: a qualitative study using a phenomenological approach. Data were collected via tape-recorded interviews.Setting: the Alternative Birth Care Centre, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden in 1994.Participants: 18 women, six primiparous and 12 multiparous who were two to four days post...
Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of non-midwifery placements in enabling pre-registration (direct entry) student midwives to learn about caring for childbearing women with medical, surgical or mental health problems and needs.Design: case study.Setting: a large midwifery education department and three acute general hospitals in England.Participants: 15 student midwives in the first intake...
Objective: to collect information from a sample of identified customers (midwives and midwifery managers employed by health authorities and trusts) in order to develop a marketing strategy for a Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Care.Design: two descriptive and analytical surveys using questionnaires.Setting: mid- and west Wales, UK.Subjects: randomly selected sample of 75 midwives and census...
Objective: to examine midwives' and senior student midwives' knowledge concerning sickle-cell anaemia and betathalassaemia.Design: survey using the 'Dyson' questionnaires.Setting: study days on 26 sites across England over three months.Participants: 850 questionnaires were completed by a convenience sample of midwives and senior students: 401 on sickle-cell anaemia and 449 on betathalassaemia. In...
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