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Editorial: Support for midwifery practice

Abstract:

I have been struck more and more recently about how important it is for midwives to have good solid support for their practice. This is not only because of the challenges that we, as a profession and as individuals, face as we endeavour to function in a ‘risk society’; nor is it only to improve the sustainability of practice. Support in practice is, I would contend, fundamentally about maintaining and/or improving the quality of the care that we can and should provide for women and their families, as they prepare for and make the transition to being a new family. Sustainable practice and confident, focused practitioners are the means to the end, not the end itself.

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