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Defining normal birth: A student perspective

Abstract:

This study sought midwifery students’ definitions of normal birth and recorded their observations of “how midwives practice” in keeping birth ‘normal’. As a component of the wider study, this paper reports only on students’ definitions of normal birth. Data was gained from a series of focus group interviews and descriptive content analysis was applied to the transcripts. Students uncovered an understanding of the complexity of the socio political influences that inform the defining process. Their definition of ‘normal birth’ may be considered ‘ideal’ against an observed reality, where the definition of ‘normal birth’ is influenced by who defines ‘normal’ and what counts as intervention.

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definition of normal birth, student midwives' perspectives