Evidence based leaflets in maternity care: Compliance, coercion, and power have huge effect in maternity services

Barbara Vernon; Sally Tracy; Tracy Reibel

doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7354.43

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Evidence based leaflets in maternity care: Compliance, coercion, and power have huge effect in maternity services

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Evidence based leaflets in maternity care: Compliance, coercion, and power have huge effect in maternity services

Barbara Vernon, Sally Tracy and Tracy Reibel

BMJ : British Medical Journal, Vol.325(7354), pp.43-43

2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.325.7354.43

PMCID: PMC1123556

PMID: 12098733

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EDITOR—The midwives from Sheffield show the insight that a qualitative study can provide when coupled with a more controlled empirical investigation. 1 2 Both the studies and the accompanying editor's choice suggest that inequalities in power and status in the maternity services have a greater influence on what happens to women giving birth than either their hopes and dreams or the choices they feel informed to make.3 These studies are a powerful reminder that the physiological birth process without some degree of technological interference and tampering is rare. Midwives are portrayed in this hierarchical system as having little effect on the outcome of care. The authors suggest that when women can form a trusting relationship with a midwife they are more likely to ask questions and feel that they can make choices about their care, rather than simply being compliant. As members of a national consumer movement in Australia, we consider it to be a violation of human rights for women …

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Title: Evidence based leaflets in maternity care
Authors/Creators: Barbara Vernon - Maternity Coalition, PO Box 269, Lyneham ACT 2602, Australia Centre for Family Health and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123 Broadway, Sydney NSW 2007, Australia Community Midwifery Program, East Fremantle WA 6158, Australia
Sally Tracy - Maternity Coalition, PO Box 269, Lyneham ACT 2602, Australia Centre for Family Health and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123 Broadway, Sydney NSW 2007, Australia Community Midwifery Program, East Fremantle WA 6158, Australia
Tracy Reibel - University of Technology Sydney
Publication Details: BMJ : British Medical Journal, Vol.325(7354), pp.43-43
Publisher: BMJ Group
Identifiers: 991005571161107891
Murdoch Affiliation: Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Citation topics: 1 Clinical & Life Sciences; 1.72 Obstetrics & Gynecology; 1.72.808 Childbirth Practices
Web Of Science research areas: Medicine, General & Internal
ESI research areas: Clinical Medicine