Woman centred care: has the definition been morphing of late?

Editorial

Rigg, Elizabeth and Dahlen, Hannah. 2021. "Woman centred care: has the definition been morphing of late?" Women and Birth. 34 (1), pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2020.12.013

Article Title	Woman centred care: has the definition been morphing of late?
ERA Journal ID	30465
Article Category	Editorial
Authors	Rigg, Elizabeth (Author) and Dahlen, Hannah (Author)
Journal Title	Women and Birth
Journal Citation	34 (1), pp. 1-3
Number of Pages	3
Year	2021
Publisher	Elsevier
Place of Publication	Netherlands
ISSN	1871-5192
	1878-1799
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2020.12.013
Web Address (URL)	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871519220303917
Abstract	The International Year of the Nurse and Midwife (2020) provided us with many challenges, during what should have been a year of celebration. This Special Issue honours the contributions midwives make to excellence in caring for women and their babies. We include papers from around the world, with topics ranging from supporting women and midwives during COVID-19, to workforce, education, models of care, politics and much more. At the heart of our profession is the deeply valued philosophy of woman centred care. While there are many ways woman centred care is referred to (including erroneously as women centred care), it has roots in midwifery. Continuity of midwifery care is often seen as an integral part of this. Taking an example from Australia over the past 20 years, we call on midwives around the world to be vigilant about how this central underpinning philosophy can be changed in subtle but powerful ways.
Keywords	woman centred care, birth, midwives practice
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	420401. Clinical midwifery
	420402. Models of care and place of birth
Public Notes	Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions.
Byline Affiliations	School of Nursing and Midwifery
	University of Western Sydney
Institution of Origin	University of Southern Queensland

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