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Does Midwifery-Led Care Demonstrate Care Ethics: A Template Analysis, Kate Buchanan, Elizabeth Newnham, Deborah Ireson, Clare Davison, Sara Bayes
Does Midwifery-Led Care Demonstrate Care Ethics: A Template Analysis, Kate Buchanan, Elizabeth Newnham, Deborah Ireson, Clare Davison, Sara Bayes
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
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 routinely occur in this context, which indicates that current ethical frameworks are not adequate. Care ethics offers an alternative to the traditional biomedical ethical principles.
Research aim:
The aim of the study was to determine whether a correlation exists between midwifery-led care and care ethics as an important first step in an action research project.
Research design:
Template analysis was chosen for this part of the action research. Template analysis is a design …
Breech Presentation Management: A Critical Review Of Leading Clinical Practice Guidelines, Sara Morris, Sadie Geraghty, Deborah Sundin
Breech Presentation Management: A Critical Review Of Leading Clinical Practice Guidelines, Sara Morris, Sadie Geraghty, Deborah Sundin
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Problem
Clinical practice guidelines are designed to guide clinicians and consumers of maternity services in clinical decision making, but recommendations are often consensus based and differ greatly between leading organisations.
Background
Breech birth is a divisive clinical issue, however vaginal breech births continue to occur despite a globally high caesarean section rate for breech presenting fetuses. Inconsistencies are known to exist between clinical practice guidelines relating to the management of breech presentation.
Aim
The aim of this review was to critically evaluate and compare leading obstetric clinical practice guidelines related to the management of breech presenting fetuses.
Methods
Leading obstetric …