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'We all think with the same brain': midwives' stories of normal birth in a community of practice.

Susanne Darra

Evidence Based Midwifery, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 101 - 106

Swansea University Author: Susanne Darra

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Abstract‘Normal’ birth is at the heart of midwifery . However, there is very little published research with women and the midwives who cared for them during in ‘normal’ birth. This paper discusses qualitative, reflexive, narrative study, which explored 21 birth stories from 16 midwives using in-dept...

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ISSN: 1449-4489
Published: 2016
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