Women's heightened interest in choice of birthplace and increased rates of planned home
birth in the United States have been well documented, yet there remains significant public …

Objective To identify the challenges and opportunities for rolling out a bespoke model of
group antenatal care called Pregnancy Circles (PC) within the National Health Service: what …

This paper addresses equity in health and health care in Brazil, examining unjust disparities
between women and men, and between women from different social strata, with a focus on …

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 …

Objective to describe the configuration of midwifery units, both alongside&free-standing, and
obstetric units in England. Design national survey amongst Heads of Midwifery in English …

Background Reducing avoidable harm in maternity services is a priority globally. As well as
learning from mistakes, it is important to produce rigorous descriptions of 'what good looks …

Patients' contributions to safety include speaking up about their perceptions of being at risk.
Previous studies have found that dismissive responses from staff discouraged patients from …

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate caseload midwifery in a relatively deprived and ethnically diverse
inner-city area. DESIGN AND SETTING: semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 24 …

Background Despite strong evidence supporting the expansion of midwife‐led unit
provision, as a result of optimal maternal and perinatal outcomes, cost‐effectiveness, and …

A bstract This article is based on analysis of a series of ethnographic case studies of
midwifery units in England. Midwifery units 1 are spaces that were developed to provide …