Some Observations on Midwifery in General Practice

Caring during clinical practice: Midwives’ perspective.

BACKGROUND Caring forms the core of nursing and midwifery. Despite caring being an important emotional aspect of midwifery and nursing, there are general public complaints about uncaring behaviour in midwifery. Therefore, there is a need to explore caring from midwives’ point of view with the hope of identifying solutions and recommendations for midwifery practice. Furthermore, the study aimed ...

Willughby's observations in midwifery: the Dutch translation.

The Dutch translation of the manuscript of "Observations in Midwifery" (ca. 1672) by the English man-midwife Percival Willughby (1596-1685) - pupil and friend of William Harvey - was printed in The Netherlands in 1754 and antedated the English edition (1863) by more than a century. This delay may explain why this valuable 17th-century text had no impact on obstetrical practice in Willughby's na...

How do midwives in Slovenia view their professional status?

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to explore Slovenian midwives' views of their professional status. The influence of participants' educational background on their views was also examined, since higher education is related to professionalism. DESIGN This was a quantitative descriptive survey, using postal data collection. The questionnaire comprised of six elements crucial for professionalis...

Women's attitudes to the development of midwifery group practices.

The Position of General Practitioner Midwifery *Read at a Meeting of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, 10th January 1934.

fairly widely diffused in certain sections of the profession and of the educated public, that the general practitioner through negligence or incompetence is responsible for a large proportion of maternal mortality and morbidity. While preparing this paper I read books on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity by Dr Henry Jellett and Prof. Munro Kerr. The main conclusion reached by both these obstetri...