... their workload and fulfilling their perceived obligations to both the university and the clinical areas. Education Higher education Integration Midwives Nurses Organizational change Change has become one of the permanent features of our lives (Davis, 1991; Walton, 1984). Davis highlighted...

... Health care Legislation Lobbying Maternity services Medical professions Midwives Policy Women Midwifery in Ontario has evolved from being “illegal” to being an accepted, self‐regulated health profession[ 1 ]. At the heart of the debate was the issue of childbirth being treated as a part...

...John Stock Examines issues raised by Changing Childbirth. Summarizes an IMS/RCM report and is based on research in maternity units at different stages in the adoption of various approaches to developing continuity of care. It is concerned with the effect on midwives′ working lives...

...Nigel Brunsdon; Roy Massey Describes the results of a project carried out at Derby City General Hospital to introduce new pay and grading arrangements for nurses and midwives, consistent with their locally developed reward strategy. Identifies the factors critical to the success of the project...