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'Being safe' in childbirth: what does it mean?

Abstract:

Midwives know what it means to ‘be safe’ for it is within their every experience of practice. They also know what it means to be unsafe. They go home with a sick feeling, wondering if they could have done anything different to have prevented the unexpected outcome. Phenomenology, the approach of this study, suggests that we take for granted the meaning of phenomenon such as ‘being safe’ that lie at the heart of our everyday lives. We simply assume that we all understand what it means to be safe. This study looked beyond that assumption, and considered afresh ‘what does it meant to be safe?’

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phenomenology, safe practice