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2021, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Decision-making and consent)
2021, Vol. 33, No. 2 (A Plurality of Births: Languages, Places, Communities)
2021, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Salutogenesis - Putting the Health Back Into Healthcare)
2020, Vol. 32, No. 4 (The Use of Social Media in Pregnancy and Early Parenthood)
2020, Vol. 32, No. 3 (AIMS at 60 - Making a difference past and future)
2020, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Pandemic birth: Women's own stories during Covid-19)
2020, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Breaking Down the Barriers to VBAC)
2019, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Raging Hormones - The Power of Birth)
2019, Vol. 31, No. 3 (Resolution: Finding Closure Following Birth)
2019, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Everyone's an Individual (I'm not!))
2019, Vol. 31, No. 1 (To Induce or Not To Induce - At Least Ask the Question?)
2019, Vol. 30, No. 4 (When Birth Becomes Trauma)
2018-19, Vol. 30, No. 3 (The Politics of Infant Feeding)
2018, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Implementing Better Births Part 2)
2018, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Implementing Better Births Part 1)
2017, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Twins and Multiples: More Babies, More Decisions, Same Rights)
2017, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Making Decisions)
2017, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Changing Language)
2017, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Focus on what makes a difference)
2016, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Reforming maternity)
2016, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Creating Continuity)
2016, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Back to the Future)
2016, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Caring for Midwives)
2015–16, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Birthplace Matters)
2015–16, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Stillbirth)
2015–16, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Ensuring good births for all)
2015–16, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Human Rights and the maternity jigsaw)
2014–15, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Supporting Birth)
2014–15, Vol. 26, No. 3 (State of the NHS)
2014–15, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Long-term Impact)
2014–15, Vol. 26, No. 1 (What about the evidence?)
2013–14, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Freedom of choice - When women really get to choose)
2013–14, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Breastfeeding and Biology - Supporting access to breastmilk?)
2013–14, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Remembering Women - What happens when women are not part of the decision chain?)
2013–14, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Policing Pregnancy - Who is really in charge?)
2012–13, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Commissioning Care - Building women-centred choice)
2012–13, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Are you asking? considering consent)
2012–13, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Place of Birth - why women don't have a real choice)
2012–13, Vol. 24, No. 1 ('Please treat me normally' Women share their thoughts on care)
2011–12, Vol. 23, No. 4 ('High Risk' When does a label become a self-fulfilling prophecy?)
2011–12, Vol. 23, No. 3 (International Witch Hunt - the campaign against midwifery)
2011–12, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Challenging the medicalisation of birth)
2011–12, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Normality)
2010–11, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Campaigning for 50 years 1960 - 2010)
2010–11, Vol. 22, No. 3 (The persecution of woman centred care)
2010–11, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Caesarean Birth)
2010–11, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Is anyone listening?)
2009–10, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Good Care)
2009–10, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Midwifery under Threat)
2009–10, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Social Services - The secrecy of forced adoption)
2009–10, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Campaigning, Complaining and Caring)
2008–9, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Midwifery Focus - Looking at supporting normal birth)
2008–9, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Home Birth, in search of normality)
2008–9, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Birth in Europe - Is there unity in the EU?)
2008–9, Vol. 20, No. 1 (The Value of Mothering - Are mothers let down when Culture can't care?)
2007–8, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Rhetoric and Reality - How do they compare on the ground?)
2007–8, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Where is the Support? Just how medicalised, institutionalised and fragmented are maternity services? )
2007–8, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Listen with Mother - Considering our options for the future of maternity care )
2007–8, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Birth Trauma - What makes birth traumatic and how can we help? )
2006–7, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Consultation Conundrums)
2006–7, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Free-standing and Proud)
2006–7, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Breastfeeding - Supporting Success)
2006–7, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Homebirth - why is it still hard labour?)
2005–6, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Choice - an abused concept)
2005–6, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Do Women Want Midwives or Obstetric Nurses? The AIMS conference poses the question)
2005–6, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Help us to save our Birthing Units!)
2005–6, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Hands off that breech!)
2004-5, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Why are more mothers dying?)
2004-5, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Health Visitors or Health Police?)
2004-5, Vol. 16, No. 2 (NICE guidelines for caesarean section)
2004-5, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Is it murder to refuse a caesarean?)
2003-4, Vol. 15, No. 4 (The politics of cot death)
2003-4, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Challenging the illusion of choice)
2003-4, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Premature babies: Avoidable deaths)
2003-4, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Shaken baby syndrome: Caused by hospital care)
2002-3, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Failure in expectations: it's all your fault!)
2002-3, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Money running out for convenience caesareans)
2002-3, Vol. 14, No. 2 (State-sanctioned kidnapping: Violation of a baby's human rights)
2002-3, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Caesarean section or vaginal birth - What difference does it make?)
2001-2, Vol. 13, No. 4 (What is normal birth? Time to stop confusing what is common with what is normal)
2001-2, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Misoprostol for induction of labour - Untested, Unapproved and Unnecessary)
2001-2, Vol. 13, No. 2 (What Happens When a Woman Needs a Caesarean?)
2001-2, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Supporting the Mother - Where are the midwife advocates?)
2000-1, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Under-motivated, Under-skilled and Under Threat)
2000-1, Vol. 12, No. 3 (A Nail in the Coffin for Home Birth)
2000-1, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Waterbirth - Time to Move forward)
2000-1, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Responding To Women's Needs)
1999-2000, Vol. 11, No. 4 (The Safety of Hospital Birth - The myth versus the reality)
1999-2000, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Where's the Good News?)
1999-2000, Vol. 11, No. 2 (The Witch Hunt)
1999-2000, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Midwifery - Will Higher Level Equal Lower Skill?)
1998-9, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Miscarriage - The Loss of A Baby)
1998-9, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Breech Presentation)
1998-9, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Active Management of Labour)
1998-9, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Is Labour Just a Pain?)
1997-8, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Maternity Madness)
1997, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Normal Birth - A Movement Standing Still)
1990, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Caesareans ...Something must be wrong)
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Journal Vol. 17, No. 3 — Do Women Want Midwives or Obstetric Nurses? The AIMS conference poses the question
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Do women want midwives or obstetric nurses?
Do women want midwives or obstetric nurses?
Liberating childbirth
OMOM and IMA CMM: Two Acronyms for Radical Change
Women Helping Women Prisoners
A Labour of Love?
NICE Guidelines and Appraisals - How we can make a difference
We're Having a Baby
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