Author: Mavis Kirkham

Author title: Emeritus Professor of Midwifery at Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Description: In this article, Mavis Kirkham reflects on changes since she first worked in maternity care in the UK as a student midwife in 1971. She ceased clinical practice as a midwife in 2016, although still has many links with midwifery. Her analysis of the present state of midwifery and of midwifery care challenges all those who are committed to woman-centred care to step back and see what is happening to the trusting relationships that women and their families so urgently need as they prepare for and bring a new life into the world.

Description writer: Emeritus Professor of Midwifery at Sheffield Hallam University, UK

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