Katie M. Cook, MA, Andrea LaMarre, PhD, Carla Rice, PhD, and May Friedman, PhD
ABSTRACT
This article investigates the standards of care for fat recipients of midwifery care through a lens that questions common risk-focused narratives related to fat pregnant bodies. Throughout this article, we use the term "fat" rather than "obese" or...
Kathleen E. Zenith, Kathi Wilson, BA, BHSc, MSc, RM
STUDENT ARTICLE
The dichotomy of a midwife and 'medwife' underlies a deeper issue regarding the professional identity of midwifery in relation to legislation, integration, and the increasing expansion of clinical scope, in contrast to the “natural birth” movement.
Tasnim Nathoo, MSc, MSW, RSW, Lindsay Wolfson, MPH, Karen Gelb, MA, and Nancy Poole, PhD
ABSTRACT
In Canada, the context for providing brief intervention on substance use during pregnancy is shifting with new opportunities for enhancing discussion of alcohol and other substances, due to the introduction of novel nicotine delivery products (e.g., vaping),...