At the RCM Conference in Harrogate, I think it was 4 years ago,
there was a presentation of work in process on this. It must be
finished by now and the RCM should have a record of it.
Tasks are usually established by activity analysis and there is the
massive problem that giving support cannot be identified in this
way. So we are left with the dilemma that when midwives are
achieving most they may appear to be doing nothing.
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Mavis Kirkham, Professor of Midwifery
Women's Informed Childbearing and Health Research Group
School of Nursing and Midwifery
University of Sheffield
Bartolome House, Winter Street, Sheffield, UK S3 7ND
Tel: +44 (0)114 222 9707
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 9712
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/wich
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