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International Parenting Conference – special half price tickets available for MIDIRS members!
The organisers of International Parenting Conference 2013 have very kindly provided MIDIRS members with the opportunity to purchase a ticket for this educational and inspiring event – at half the price! Scheduled for Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st July, the conference is being held at Cambridge University and features an... -
Caught between autonomy and caring: still struggling towards an ethics of midwifery
Katz Rothman B. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest, vol 23, no 2, June 2013, pp 143-150. The June Digest has what might be considered an unusual Hot Topic. It is informal and contains only three references. It is written by a respected and key figure in birth and feminism, Professor of Sociology... -
Midwifery care in England and Wales
The following news story appeared in Essentially MIDIRS, vol 4, no 6, June 2013, p24. Two reports from different sources have highlighted where change is needed in midwifery care in parts of the UK. The first, Patterns of maternity care in English NHS hospitals 2011/2012 (Knight et al 2013), carried... -
Make your research effortless – with a MIDIRS Search Pack!
Avid followers of our popular Search Packs may have noticed that the once-a-month flow of new Packs has dried up of late. Our Search Packs – which are basically pre-prepared collections of references on a particular topic – have been a mainstay of our service for as long as anyone... -
MIDIRS interviews Sue Lennox, President of the New Zealand College of Midwives
This month, MIDIRS stops to chat to Sue Lennox, a founding member of the New Zealand College of Midwives and who in 2012 was elected President. Sue has been a practising midwife for four decades and has worked as a Lead Maternity Carer (LMC)/community midwife and as a core/hospital midwife,... -
Essentially MIDIRS, vol 4, no 6, June 2013
We’re not just a pretty face (although we do think this month’s cover is rather lovely!), we’re here to support you in your practice and June’s eclectic mix of interesting and intelligent articles fits the bill perfectly. Caseloading midwife and occasional lecturer, Penny Champion, takes a look at guidelines on... -
Is it time to overhaul the WHO antenatal care model?
We usually post the lead news story from Essentially MIDIRS on the website, but here’s an extra one for you. It’s a story that we found we couldn’t quite squeeze into June’s jam-packed edition! The WHO antenatal care model has been reassessed… The past decade has seen significant changes in the pattern... -
Vitamin D
The following news story appeared in Essentially MIDIRS, vol 4, no 5, May 2013, p24. Some interesting results have emerged over the years from the long-term health research project, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), also known as Children of the 90s. The latest research to be published... -
Broaden your knowledge and skills with the original MIDIRS journal!
‘The trademark hot pink Digest continues to inform, to challenge and to encourage thoughtful practice. The content is high quality, comprehensive and topical’. Professor Lesley Page, President of the Royal College of Midwives. Let MIDIRS support you in your practice and studies – with a subscription to MIDIRS Midwifery Digest,... -
‘I think it was forgotten that I am deaf!’
By Sharon Touhey, Student Midwife. As a student midwife in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, one of the first things we were taught was what it means to be a ‘midwife’. Given the word ‘midwife’ means ‘with woman’, the importance of building a relationship with women...
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