Practitioner accreditation for the practice of water immersion during labour and birth: Results from a mixed methods study.

CONCLUSION: The need for practitioners to be accredited to facilitate water immersion was identified as a major barrier to availability and therefore, women's ability to access the option. Given these findings, the need for accreditation should be challenged. PMID: 30196039 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30196039?dopt=Abstract

Source: Women Birth - September 5, 2018 Category: Midwifery Authors: Cooper M, Warland J, McCutcheon H Tags: Women Birth Source Type: research