Datta says it is unsurprising that there has been an historic stand-off between midwives and doctors on birth.
to explore the nature of interactions between midwives and breast-feeding women within postnatal wards.
In spite of these known risks the 'turf wars' between midwives and doctors continue unabated.
to explore the challenges of conducting an observational study of postnatal interactions, between midwives and women, when the researcher was a midwife observing in familiar midwifery settings.
Interprofessional collaboration between midwives and health visitors working in maternal and child health services is widely encouraged.
to explore barriers to and possibilities for interactive communication between midwives and pregnant women regarding smoking behaviour during pregnancy.
Second, the project facilitates phone conversations between midwives and the expectant mothers at critical times.
Relationships between midwives and medical staff have been explored by others [ 21], with medical staff commonly reporting that midwives were disrespectful and argumentative, particularly towards junior staff, and that midwives often obstructed medical staff from gaining experience [ 21].
The stigma of obesity seemed to create problems for communication between midwives and pregnant women.
The human resource statistics do not distinguish between midwives and other nursing staff.
