I am an Ontario, Canada midwife and researcher. I was in attendance at the midwifery researcher meeting in Toronto last June, in conjunction with the ICM, where we discussed the need to build evidence around normal birth. I would be very interested in continuing this work and would like to volunteer to lend a hand.

Icelandic midwives would be interested to participate. In Iceland, as in many other countries we are struggling with the use of concepts regarding birth. As we believe that the use of concepts/terms shapes the discourse about birth in the social context it is an urgent discussion that needs to take place within the academia and on a policy and practice level. It is difficult to define the main strenghts of midwifery if we are not able to define what is a normal pregnancy and birth.
All the best
Helga

Helga Gottfreðsdóttir, prófessor
Námsbrautarstjóri í ljósmóðurfræði
Hjúkrunarfræðideild/Landspitali
5254989/6632968
https://www.hi.is/starfsfolk/helgagot
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Helga Gottfreðsdóttir, professor
Department of Midwifery
Faculty of Nursing/Landspitali University Hospital
Tel: 00354 5254989/00354 6632968


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