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Obstetric Violence: Where is the Law?

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Olivia Verity and Dr Camilla P…   Read more…

Continuing to Push for Midwifery Continuity of Carer: Research Update

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Georgia Clancy, AIMS Volunteer…   Read more…

Guilty

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Helen Ward Leese Helen with ba…   Read more…

Labour of Love: The Ultimate Guide to Being a Birth Partner

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . Labour of Love By Sallyann Beresf…   Read more…

Human rights in UK maternity services: moving from observation to action

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Leigh Ham Human rights in mate…   Read more…

Newborn resuscitation without violence

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Joanne Foster - a UK Resuscita…   Read more…

Respectful Vaginal Examinations Project - Co-Production in Action

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Kelly Sawyer The Respectful Va…   Read more…

This Hurts: how the media portrays childbirth matters

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Heather Spain My first reactio…   Read more…

Obstetric Violence – What is it?

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Gemma McKenzie It feels as if…   Read more…

Interview with Mara Ricoy: Campaigning against obstetric violence

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . Mara Ricoy Interview by Jo Dagust…   Read more…

AIMS Campaigns Update - Continuity of Carer Implementation: always seeking to move forward

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By the AIMS Campaigns Team In thi…   Read more…

What has the AIMS Campaigns Team been up to this quarter?

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . Other quarterly updates By the AI…   Read more…

An Introduction to AIMS Position Papers – Birth Activist Update

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Campaigns Steering Group For t…   Read more…

AIMS Classic Book Review – The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin with Katie Rohs

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin…   Read more…

Book Review - Maternal Journal

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . Maternal Journal: A creative guid…   Read more…

Editorial: The label of ‘high risk’: the promise of gentle and attentive care, or a first violence in pregnancy?

Vol. 34, No. 2, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 2 To read or download this Journal in a magazine format on ISSUU, please click here . By Alex Smith In 2011, Vicki Will…   Read more…

Birth poetry from the pandemic

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 Introduction by Danielle Gilmour In our last Journal - 'Birth of a pandemic: How we coped' — we heard from mothers, h…   Read more…

Sarah and Jackson’s Story

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By Sarah Jackson, my son, had his second birthday late in 2021. We decided to start a family before getting married a…   Read more…

Sophia, Phronesis and Stultitia

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 Image source By Alex Smith I often wonder why so many healthy women, women who express strong concerns about inductio…   Read more…

Reflections on current trends in maternity care: a stream of consciousness

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 Editor: Joy Horner first trained as a midwife in 1988 and practised for 18 months before deciding that subjecting all…   Read more…

Birth Time: the documentary - a review

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By Anne Glover Birth Time: the documentary [1] is an Australian production, released in November 2021. It questions w…   Read more…

Better Births six years on: the implementation programme continues

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By the AIMS Campaigns Team In this commentary, the AIMS Campaigns Team reflects on why the successful implementation…   Read more…

Editorial March 2022

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 Salli with granddaughter, Amara By Salli Ward Well, that’s the pandemic done with then… Obviously not, and its shadow…   Read more…

Introducing Raham Project

Vol. 34, No. 1, ISSN 2516-5852 (Online)

AIMS Journal, 2022, Vol 34, No 1 By Faiza Rehman Raham Project is a registered Community Interest Company, based in Peterborough. It is currently fund…   Read more…

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National maternity and neonatal ser…

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Scottish Perinatal Framework: Alter…

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