The Concept of Compassionate Midwifery

Diane Menage

Coventry University

Diane Ménage qualified as a midwife in 2003 following a successful career in nursing. She has worked clinically in a variety of NHS maternity settings and in independent practice. Her special interests are community midwifery and the woman/midwife relationship. Diane is currently a full-time doctoral research student at Coventry University conducting research into compassion in midwifery.

Abstract

Background Despite wide agreement that women want kind, compassionate midwives (Byrom and Downe 2015), unkind, disrespectful care blights maternity care on a global scale (Bohren et al 2015). Increasingly, professional... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Diane Menage (Coventry University)
  2. Elizabeth Bailey (Coventry University and University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust)
  3. Susan Lees (Coventry University)
  4. Jane Coad (Coventry University)

Topic Areas

Emotional and spiritual aspects of labour and birthing , Philosophical and theoretical critiques and debates

Session

concurr5 » Education of staff/students (10:40 - Wednesday, 4th October, Yewbarrow)

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