Professional ideologies generally commit to addressing inequalities among clients and/or
the public as part of their altruistic ethos. Sociologists of professions in the Anglo-American …

Background Reports of unregulated birth workers attending birth at home, with no registered
midwife in attendance (freebirth), have become more frequent in Australia in recent years. A …

Governments play a crucial role in defining what is 'maternal health'and decid-ing what
services are included in maternity care delivery. State policies also shape the roles of formal …

Background: Young parents are targeted by a variety of health information interventions,
aiming to educate and monitor them in order to improve population health. However, we …

In Ontario, maternal health systems are changing, with an increasing variety of childbirth
options being offered to low-risk pregnant women. Midwifery became a regulated profession …

Culture is a salient factor in a woman's experience of pregnancy and childbirth. Expectations
of a hospital birth, continuous electronic fetal monitoring, epidurals, and ultrasounds (among …