Maureen Wahedi

Registered midwife, North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust; doctoral student of counselling psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University

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Should midwives consider associated psychological factors when caring for women who are obese?

According to the Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE, 2010: xiii), ‘obesity is arguably the biggest challenge facing maternity services today’ Obesity is defined as having a body mass index...

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