Introduction Contemporary ethical issues in the maternity system are nuanced, complex and
layered. Medicalisation and the reported rise in incidence of mistreatment and birth trauma …

Background: Ethical care in maternity is fundamental to providing care that both prevents
harm and does good, and yet, there is growing acknowledgement that disrespect and abuse …

Practitioners' ethical orientation and responses vary between practice settings. Yet,
currently, the ethics for midwifery practice that is explicit in the literature and which provides …

Within health care the perceptions of those involved with, and accessing care, are now
incorporated within the concept of quality care and are integral to maternity services where …

Background: The public domain of midwifery practice, represented by the educational and
hospital institutions could be blamed for a subconscious ethical dilemma for midwifery …

BACKGROUND: Provision of personalised, continuous care focused on 'well women'is now
central to midwifery identity and work ideals, but it remains difficult in hospital contexts …

Professional Ethics for Midwives: Conscious Practice is an applied ethics book designed for
both students and practicing midwives to build ethical thinking in the context of daily …

Background As an integral and guiding approach, woman centred care is well-grounded as
the cornerstone of midwifery training and practice. A previous global review established that …

This discussion examines the emergence of professional codes of ethics, influences that
shape contemporary midwifery ethics, and the adequacy of codes to actualize values …

During an ethnographic study of an Acute Medical Admissions Unit, informed consent was
not obtained from some patient informants despite research proposals to various research …