This dissertation explores how “modern” obstetrical principles are combined with traditional midwifery practices, producing hybrid forms of women's reproductive health care in rural Java. The Indonesian government promotes the adoption of Western biomedical approaches to deliver…
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Midwives are often the lead providers of maternity care for women. To provide the variety of care required by women, they need to be confident in their role and practice. To date, only limited evidence exists in relation to confidence as experienced by midwives. This thesis aims…
Aim Over the last two decades, ultrasound imaging and practice has undergone a significant transformation shaped by political, cultural, sociological, technological and educational influences. Furthermore, the continual rise in the demand for ultrasound examinations is outstripp…
Musculoskeletal symptoms have been problematic for healthcare staff, resulting in sickness absenteeism, functional limitations, staff shortages and financial costs to organisations. Maternity professionals who care for women in labour, particularly midwives and obstetricians, ar…
This thesis reports on a qualitative exploration of the lived experience of seven pregnant women, medically classified as severely obese, and subsequently labelled as a high-risk pregnancy. Aims: • To explore perception of risk during childbirth in women with an increased BMI > …
In Israel, a country with one of the highest birthrates in the western world and a religious-secular divide, Israeli Jewish midwives conduct the majority of deliveries for different groups of Jews as well as other cultures. The purposes of this first descriptive intra-cultural s…
Balochistan, the largest Province in Pakistan, where more than ninety percent of births are attended by traditional midwives—outside of hospitals—functions as a site whose geography and population are racialized across multiple scales in colonial and postcolonial Pakistani state…