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02 February 2020 02 Feb 2020

Volume 28 | Issue 2

ISSN (Print): 0969-4900

ISSN (Online): 2052-4307

Autonomy and its impact on midwifery practice

Autonomy is not a new concept in midwifery Although not explicit, the term autonomy has been embedded in the definition of a midwife (International Confederation of Midwives [ICM], 2011) Reiterated in the core document of the ICM, autonomy may be identified, such as through the words: ‘responsible’, ‘accountable’ and ‘midwife's own responsibility’

Literature Review

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Part of being a good midwife is having the skills, such as abdominal palpation, to not always rely on machinery for results

Abdominal palpation—a core skill

The Sands memory box contains comforting objects for bereaved parents to remember their baby

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Charity Spotlight

Pregnant women are at higher risk of developing complications following influenza, particularly in their second and third trimesters, due to their altered immunity

Influenza and pregnancy

Perinatal mental health services available to men still lags significantly behind those offered to women

Fathers' perinatal mental health

Pulse oximetry screening is an accurate way of determining how much oxygen is in a newborn's blood stream

Pulse oximetry screening

The establishment of breastfeeding in the small-for-gestational-age baby

How to have the ‘ideal’ Down syndrome screening discussion at antenatal appointments

Women's decision-making about mode of birth after a previous caesarean section

The holistic examination of the baby is now frequently undertaken by specially trained midwives within clinical practice

Exploring the experiences of student midwives completing the newborn infant physical examination