Aim This research aimed to explore the key elements to improve the quality of postnatal care provided to women in a public hospital postnatal ward in Sydney and to attempt to implement a new model of postnatal ...

Background Providing social support for women during labour and birth has benefits for both women and babies. Social support from family members or friends during labour and birth is practised in many developed countries ...

The selected publications presented here are concerned with the development of practice and knowledge in midwifery. The thesis underlying the publications is that the development of a positive personal relationship between ...