Background: An earlier matched cohort study in the United Kingdom found a significantly
higher perinatal mortality rate for births booked under an independent midwife compared …

Objective: To generate greater awareness of the contextual and relational factors that
influence women's capacity to participate in shared decision-making during childbirth …

Shared Decision making during childbirth in maternity units : the VIP mixed methods study
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UK legislation and government policy favour women's rights to bodily autonomy and active
involvement in childbirth decision-making including the right to decline recommendations of …

People are fascinated by stories of childbirth, and the sources to document maternity in
Britain in the twentieth century are rich and varied. This book puts the history of maternity in …

Objective to explore whether the UK Government agenda for partnership working and
choice was realised or desired for women during pregnancy and childbirth. Design a …

Purpose the broad aim of this study was to examine the lived-experience of women who
birth without a midwife or other health-care professional in the United Kingdom; the specific …

Background There is little published research that has examined practitioners' views and
experiences of pain relieving measures commonly used during labour and birth, particularly …

Pregnancy and childbirth are events of major significance in women's lives. In western
countries women are increasingly using complementary and alternative medicine during this …

Background. Freebirthing or unassisted birth is the active choice made by a woman to birth
without a trained professional present, even where there is access to maternity provision …