How midwives facilitate informed decisions in the third stage of labour - an exploration through portraiture

CONCLUSION: Midwives in this study valued informed decision-making as fundamental to their philosophy but also faced barriers in their ability to facilitate it. Barriers to informed decision-making included: power-imbalances; de-skilling in physiological birth; fear of blame, and interdisciplinary disparities. Conversely enablers included continuity models of midwifery care, quality antenatal education, respectful interdisciplinary collaboration and an aim toward a resurgence of fundamental midwifery skills.PMID:37931464 | DOI:10.1016/j.midw.2023.103868
Source: Midwifery - Category: Midwifery Authors: Source Type: research