Creating a Collaborative Culture in Maternity Care

Effective collaboration between professional groups is i and safe health care. This is especially important in th straightforward labour and birth experiences, but some tings. This article presents current accounts of collabo Kingdom, United States, and Australia. It then examines of ch in th ives. bste women. If women and their partners are to feel confident about the birth choices they make, then a collaborative cli-This phrase is not neutral. Anecdotally, its use tends to be associated with the assumption that the overtreatment of some wom a consequence with a consequ common goal of a healthy mother and baby but did not al-ways agree on methods to achieve that goal..’’7 ssing each s mirrored physicians 8 The phy-llaboration physicians ationships.) reported Address correspond