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Evidence Based Midwifery: Volume 7, Issue 1

Evidence Based Midwifery is the research journal of the Royal College of Midwives.

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Volume 7, Issue 1 (MARCH 2009)

The impact of the birth of the first child on a couple's relationship
The birth of a first child heralds a major life transition for couples and has an inextricable effect on their relationship as their affiliation transits from an intimate dyad to a dynamic triad. Research suggests that the birth of a first baby has a formidable impact on the couple's relationship, even more so than subsequent progeny.
Editorial: On the antiquity of evidence-based midwifery and its discontents
At a recent visit to an exhibition at the Staedel Museum, Frankfurt-am-Main (Kemperdick and Sander, 2008), I was astounded to stumble upon a 600-year-old painting of evidence-based midwifery!
Professing midwifery
Professors of midwifery have played an important part in the development of the profession. Midwifery is now mainly evidence based and textbooks are based on research. A number of midwives hold the title of 'Dr' and many have degrees. Midwifery-led care is no longer something we do with stealth, it is the choice of many women and has been made legitimate by government policy and sound research.
Midwife sonographer activity in the UK
Explores the role of the midwife ultrasonographer in the UK.
Are student midwives influenced by the 'traditional' (non-evidence-based) practices of their clinical mentors?
This paper provides a discriptive account of a structured review of literature undertaken as part of an investigation into whether pre-registered final-year midwifery students who were based at five universities in the north of England were influenced by the 'traditional' (non-evidence-based) practices of their clinical mentors.

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