abstract background: committing an error is part of the human nature. no health care provider, despite the mastery of their skills, is immune from committing it. medical error in the labor and obstetrics wards as well as other health units is inevitable and reduces the quality of health care, leading to accident. sometimes these events, like the death of mother, fetus, and newborn, would be bey...

background & aim: communication is a fundamental human need. medical students and healthcare professionals must be attuned to the needs of patients using effective communication skills. with regards to medical training, currently the focus is on theoretical matters and communication skills are taken for granted. this problem has caused miscommunication with patients referred to teaching hospita...

background: job stress is one of the most leading factors causing physical and mental symptoms as well as midwives job discontent and it will consequently lead to decrease service quality. as mental and physical health of midwives can affect the health of mothers and babies directly and indirectly, thus, current study is aimed to explore the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction ...

BACKGROUND Midwives' support of breastfeeding in maternity wards has been proven to provide an impact on women's breastfeeding experiences. In previous studies women describe professional support unfavourably, with an emphasis on time pressures, lack of availability or guidance, promotion of unhelpful practices, and conflicting advice. Thus, the present study aims to investigate women's experie...

OBJECTIVE To explore the nature of interactions between midwives and breast-feeding women within postnatal wards. DESIGN A critical ethnographic study using participant observation and focused interviews. SETTING Two maternity units in Northern England, UK. PARTICIPANTS 61 postnatal women and 39 midwives. FINDINGS The interactions between midwives and women were encompassed by the globa...

BACKGROUND Current practice guidelines recommend active management of the third stage of labor. We compared practices of three maternity care provider disciplines in management of third-stage labor and the justifications for their approach. METHODS This study is a cross-sectional survey of maternity practitioners in usual practice settings in British Columbia. All 199 obstetricians, all 82 mi...

Despite a substantial increase in midwifery research since the early 1990's, there remains a lack of available research into the everyday practice of midwives. In general, hospitals are striving to reduce costs and increase efficiencies, so many hospital-based midwives are being exposed to hospital restructuring processes. The primary purpose of my research was to learn about the work patterns ...

Physiological and anatomical concepts about reproduction held by traditional midwives in Southern Oaxaca differ considerably from those of biomedicine. Government training courses for traditional midwives disregard these deep-seated differences, and also the underlying conceptual rationale of ethno-obstetrics. These courses constantly reinforce and actively promote the biomedical model of care....

BACKGROUND Infants exposed to alcohol in the womb are at increased risk of experiencing health problems. However, mixed messages about the consequences of prenatal alcohol consumption have resulted in inconsistent attitudes and practices amongst some healthcare practitioners. Screening and alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) can reduce risky drinking in various clinical settings. Recently, a pro...

INTRODUCTION Ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in the Swedish health care system have increased. Most indicators suggest that immigrants have significantly poorer health than native Swedes. The purpose of this study was to explore the views of midwives on the factors that contribute to health care inequality among immigrants. METHODS Data were collected via semi-structured interviews with...