The philosophical underpinnings of midwifery partnership include:
a. Midwifery is practised according to transcultural nursing theory.
b. Midwifery is women centred.
c. Pregnancy and childbirth are pathophysiological events that depart from normal health.
d. Midwives, as caregivers, are interchangeable; one woman normally receives care from up to five midwives during her pregnancy and childbirth.
ANS: B
Midwifery is women centred. Midwives work to facilitate the optimal experience of birth for pregnant women and their babies, to ensure that their focus is on the woman and that the woman is seen as an individual, with individual needs and different cultural values and beliefs.
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