Introducing the Social Sciences for Midwifery Practice: Birthing in a Contemporary Society

Patricia Lindsay RN, RM, MSc, PGCEA, DHC did her nurse training in London then trained as a midwife. She has been a practising midwife since 1974, and a midwifery teacher since 1991. She has worked in the UK and in the Sultanate of Oman. She was Lead Midwife for Education at Anglia Ruskin University, UK,until the end of August 2014. Her doctoral thesis was on incident reporting in maternity care and she has presented posters on this topic at national and international conferences. Her interests are patient safety in maternity care, women's mental health and support-worker training. Ian Peate EN(G) RN DipN (Lond) RNT BEd (Hons) MA (Lond) LLM began his nursing a career in 1981 at Central Middlesex Hospital, becoming an enrolled nurse working in an intensive care unit. He later undertook three years ofstudent nurse training at Central Middlesex and Northwick Park Hospitals, becoming a staff nurse then a charge nurse. He has worked in nurse education since 1989. His key areas of interest are nursing practice and theory, men's health, sexual health and HIV. Ian has published widely; he is Professor of Nursing and Head of School, School of Health Studies Gibraltar and Editor in Chief, British Journal of Nursing.