Enhancing the midwife-woman relationship through shared decision making and clinical guidelines

Lesa M Freeman; Kate Griew

doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2006.10.003

Enhancing the midwife-woman relationship through shared decision making and clinical guidelines

Women Birth. 2007 Mar;20(1):11-5. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2006.10.003. Epub 2006 Nov 28.

Authors

Lesa M Freeman¹, Kate Griew

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. [email protected]

PMID: 17127115
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2006.10.003

Abstract

The active and passive voice allocated to women within maternity service guidelines helps construct the nature of decision making. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that by allocating women an active voice within practice guidelines serves the interest of all parties within the health care relationship. Clinical guidelines were reviewed, and electronic databases and text were searched. The findings of this paper support that applying the principles of a shared decision making framework, within clinical practice guidelines, can assist the development of a partnership relationship between midwives and women.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Australia
Cooperative Behavior
Decision Making*
Female
Humans
Maternal Health Services / standards*
Midwifery / standards*
Nurse's Role*
Nurse-Patient Relations*
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Patient Participation
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Pregnancy