The idea to write a book on the subject of device integration occurred to me rather suddenly about a year ago. I have been involved in the field of medical information technology and medical integration for well over a decade now. I first cut my teeth interfacing medical devices to computers back in the mid 1990s during my doctoral research days, when it was necessary to collect data autom…
More than 2.7 million newborns die each year, accounting for 44% of children dying before the age of five years worldwide. Complications of preterm birth are the leading cause of death among newborns.1 Kangaroo mother care can include early and continuous skin-to-skin contact, breastfeeding, early discharge from the health-care facility and supportive care.2 The clinical efficacy and h…
Postpartum depression is not a moral failure, an ethical dilemma, or a symp- tom of weakness. It is a medical condition that often begins long before the baby is delivered. It is a neuropsychiatric illness that affects every cell in a woman’s brain and body, some more obviously than others. But women who develop it rarely see it as a true medical illness no less real or serious than po…
While there is a significant focus on the health and well-being of women during pregnancy, labour and birth, much less emphasis is placed on the care of postpartum women and their infants in primary care following the birth. Some studies have investigated the role of GPs in postpartum care, and others examined facilitators and barriers to mothers accessing care. However there is little infor…
Teaching innovation can be used to promote the 6Cs in one of the most purportedly stigmatising areas of maternity care: obesity. As rates of maternal obesity continue to rise, getting this area of care right becomes more urgent. Although a great deal has been published about the unsatisfactory and stigmatising impact that staff attitudes can have on those with obesity, there is relatively …
Statutory supervision has been a feature of midwifery practice in the UK since 1902. As part of statutory supervision, all midwives meet with their named supervisor of midwives to review their practice over the previous year and to confirm their competence to practise in the coming year. This is referred to as the Annual Supervisory Review (ASR). In 2014, with the aim of protecting the pub…