AIMS Journal 2002, Vol 14, No 3 The leading British health insurer AXA PPP Healthcare has said it will no longer pay for caesarean births because of u… Read more…
AIMS Journal 2002, Vol 14, No 3 Written in 1996, Californian midwife Ronnie Falcão's description of what goes wrong in modern birth and the importance… Read more…
By Jean Robinson AIMS Journal, Autumn 2002, Vol 14 No 3 Size of baby and mother's weight Induction at 41 weeks? 'Born before arrival': bad for baby, b… Read more…
People's views on consent and confidentiality of patient information, London, 4 November 2002 By Beverley Lawrence Beech AIMS Journal 2002, Vol 14, No… Read more…
AIMS Journal 2002, Vol 14, No 3 Who decides what is 'support' in pregnancy and labour? Midwife Rosemary Mander argues that support is traditionally th… Read more…
AIMS Journal Vol 14 No. 2 Midwives' lack of experience and skill in facilitating the birth of a breech baby is not only letting women down, it is enda… Read more…
by Beverley Lawrence Beech AIMS Journal, 2002, Vol 14 No 2 Women who want a normal, midwifery-managed, vaginal breech birth are now faced with a consi… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2002, Vol 14 No 2 Bending over backwards and jumping through hoops is difficult, especially when you're pregnant. Yet, for many women, t… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2002, Volume 14 No 2 Caroline Richmond remembers the epidemiologist who showed that X-rays in pregnancy caused childhood leukaemia Alice… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2002, Vol 14 No 2 The recent death of a five-day-old boy from meningitis in Belgium raises important questions about the labelling and p… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2002, Vol 14, No 2 Miranda Dodwell looks at the role of primitive reflexes during pregnancy and birth, and their effect on the health of… Read more…
By Jean Robinson AIMS Journal, Summer 2002, Vol 14 No 2 Effects of social work: information wanted Ultrasound: why so little research? Turning the bre… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2002, Vol 14 No 2 What can a mother do when social workers decide to take her baby? Beverley Beech reveals the latest bureaucratic assau… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2002, Vol 14 No 1 Gina Lowdon and Debbie Chippington Derrick explore the reasons for the currently low rates for VBACs and what women ca… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2002, Vol 14 No 1 In an issue that focuses on vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) Gina Lowdon and Debbie Chippington Derrick of Caesare… Read more…
By Juliet Stephenson and Jane Wright AIMS Journal, 2002, Vol 14 No 1 It can be difficult to get a normal birth in Northern Irish hospitals and a norma… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2002, Vol 14 No 1 As the publication of the CESDI report switches from the Department of Health to the Royal College of Obstetricians an… Read more…
By Jean Robinson AIMS Journal, Spring 2002, Vol 14 No 1 Emergency caesareans - how long does it take? How often do babies get cut during caesarean del… Read more…
By Jean Robinson AIMS Journal, 2001, Vol 13 No 4 New research shows that only a quarter of women in the UK truly have a normal birth. AIMS research of… Read more…
By Jean Robinson AIMS Journal, Winter 2001/2, Vol 13 No 4 Who checks the baby? Having a twin sister benefits boys Earthquakes and stress Vaginal birth… Read more…
By Beverley Lawrence Beech AIMS Journal, 2001, Vol 13 No 4 Time to stop confusing what is common with what is normal In an issue devoted to the proble… Read more…
By Janette McCabe AIMS Journal, 2001, Vol 13, No 4 Janette McCabe wanted a normal birth. But as her story reveals the idea that hospital is the 'best'… Read more…
Is it relevant to the UK? AIMS Journal, 2001, Vol 13 No 4 Feminist writer Naomi Wolf’s exposé on US childbirth practices was received with unusual pos… Read more…
Complete list of book reviews on the AIMS website AIMS Journal, 2001, Vol 13 No 4 Supportive Care and Midwifery by Rosemary Mander; reviewed by Beverl… Read more…
AIMS Journal, 2001, Vol 13 No 3 As AIMS members know, ethical standards in research are always in our minds when we look at the latest studies and sum… Read more…