Towards Salutogenic Birth in the 21st Century

Essential Midwifery Practice: Intrapartum Care

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 289-295

  Downe, Soo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Areas of contention augmentation in labour and interpretation of electronic fetal monitoring; Dysfunctional working and attitudes of junior doctors; Inter professional collaboration and modern maternity care provision; Salutogenesis theory, first proposed by Aaron Antonovsky; Signs of change and need for change in current maternity care practise; Theory (salutogenesis), that what makes things work well for systems positive change in maternity care; Towards salutogenic birth in 21st century; Vicious circle of negative thinking about the 'Other' group not unique to health sector; Vision for 21st century changing the world, one birth at a time; Working with salutogenic connectivity physiology, evidence and politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855982586     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444317701.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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