The madness of modern measurement
Wickham, S.
Practising Midwife 19(6): 39-40
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 1461-3123 PMID: 27451493 Document Number: 687852
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. In this article, Sara shares the story of a woman who discovered that the due date calculation made by a machine was considered inalienable, even when another date was known with certainty to be correct. Is this an inevitable consequence of our modern world, or can we act to challenge such situations?