The importance of everyday birth wisdom
Wickham, S.
Practising Midwife 19(4): 37-38
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 1461-3123 PMID: 27172681 Document Number: 685949
In this column, Sara Wickham takes a sideways look at issues relevant to midwives, students, women and families, inviting us to sit down with a cup of tea and ponder what we think we know. This month, Sara shares details of a study which identified rituals undertaken by midwives looking after women in labour. Such studies, she argues, can be vital to helping us understand the nature of what we do in everyday practice as well as being a way of recording our knowledge for future generations.