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The midwife’s public health role

Midwifery is a public health strategy Public health is “the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting…

Public Health

Facilitating “instant and overwhelming love” should be standard midwifery care

Skin-to-skin contact between a mother and baby at birth While facilitating immediate and uninterrupted skin-to-skin (S2S) for an hour after…

Practice Translation

Epidural analgesia for labour: An update on labour, birth and perinatal outcomes

The use of epidural analgesia for labour is common, with just over 40% of Queensland women making use of it…

September 25, 2020
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