Midwife/client relationship: Midwives' perspectives

Voices of Midwives

“…A Tapestry of Challenges and Blessings Mary Ellen Doherty, PhD, RN, CNM sion making, collaboration, advocacy, and relationships (Beldon & Crozier, 2005;Fleming, 1998;Hildingsson & Haggestrom, 1999;Hunter, 2002;Kennedy, 2002;Kennedy, Shannon, Chuahorm, & Kravetz, 2004;McCrea & Crute, 1991;Nicholls & Webb, 2006). In one qualitative study examining the factors that motivated nurses to pursue midwifery as a career path (Ulrich, 2009), six themes emerged from the data: personal birth experience, love of maternity nursing, seeing midwifery as a calling, encouragement from others (especially midwives), an epiphany moment, and using nursing as a steppingstone to midwifery.…”

Emotion work in midwifery: a review of current knowledge

“…Evidence relating to midwives’ perceptions of their relationships with women is also scanty (McCrea & Crute 1991, McCrea 1993), although the recent publication of an edited text by Kirkham (2000) is a significant attempt to rectify this situation.…”

Neither father nor biological mother. A qualitative study about lesbian co-mothers' maternity care experiences

“…In our studies, several interpersonal experiences were described by the lesbian couples as positive, implying that they received good care. Still, sometimes the situations turned awkward (articles II-III), with staff taking a detached attitude or providing task-oriented care (163,164). Similar issues have been described in other healthcare contexts, demonstrating professionals' attitudes towards homosexual patients as a continuum varying from positive to negative attitudes (165,166).…”