Binding: Paperback
Description: Highlighting the experiences of midwives who provide care to women opting outside of guidelines in the pursuit of physiological birth Claire Feeley looks at the impact on midwives themselves and explores how teams and organisations support or discourage women's birth choices. This book investigates the processes experiences and sociocultural - political influences upon midwives who support women's alternative birthing choice and argues for a shift in perspective from notions of an individual's professional responsibility to deliver woman - centred care to a broader collective responsibility. The book begins by contextualising the importance of quality midwifery care with an exploration of the current debates to demonstrate how hegemonic birth discourse and maternity practices have detrimentally affected physiological birth rates and the wellbeing of women who opt outside of maternity guidelines. It provides real life examples of how midwives can facilitate a range of birthing decisions within mainstream midwifery services. Moreover an exploration of midwives experiences of delivering such care is presented revealing deeply polarised accounts from moral injury to job fulfilment. The polarised accounts are then presented within a new model to explore how a midwife's socio - political working context can significantly mediate or exacerbate the vulnerability conflict and stigmatisation that they may experience as a result of supporting alternative birth choices. Finally this book explores the implications of the findings looking at how team and organisational culture can be developed to better support women and midwives making recommendations for a systems approach to improving maternity services. Discussing the invisible nature of midwifery work what it means to deliver woman - centred care and the challenges and benefits of doing so this is a thought - provoking read for all midwives and future midwives. It is also an important contribution to interprofessional concerns around workforce development sustainability moral distress and compassion in health and social care.
Title: Supporting Physiological Birth Choices In Midwifery Practice The Role Of Workplace Culture Politics And Ethics
Author(s): Feeley Claire
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032208275
Pages: 150 Pages, 3 Tables, Black And White; 2 Line Drawings, Black And White; 2 Illustrations, Black And W
Publication Date: 2/28/2023
Category: Health & Personal Development