Volume 5 (2006)

CJMRP-Volume 5-2006

“To Watch, To Care” Stories of Aboriginal Midwifery in Canada

Cecilia Benoit, PhD Dena Carroll , MBA Rachel Eni, PhD

Introduction
An overview of the history and new developments of Aboriginal midwifery in Canada is incomplete unless the story unfolds concomitantly within greater intimate (internal) and universal (external) contexts. These contexts include the place that women hold within the regards of self...

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Should Midwives Screen for Gestational Diabetes mellitus (GDM)?

Howard Berger, MD Dan Farine, MD

ABSTRACT
Should we or shouldn't we engage in screening programmes for the detection and management of gestational diabetes mellitus? In this article, we review the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (SOGC) guidelines on screening for gestational diabetes mellitus and the evidence that led to these guidelines. We also...

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