1. Recent Evolution of Intrapartum Care. (Denis Walsh, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery Research, University of Central Lancashire)Historical contextThe rise and rise of managed/medicalised birthA consumer/midwifery led backlashPlace of birth2. Debates about Knowledge and Intrapartum Care (Soo Downe, Professor in Midwifery Studies, University of Central Lancashire)Positivism and RCT'sConstructionism and qualitative researchComplexity theory3. Feminism and Intrapartum Care (Mary Stewart, Midwifery Lecturer, University of West of England)Feminist critique of contemporary birthFeminist values and birthFeminist ethics and birth4. Childbirth Education and Intrapartum Care (Mary Nolan, Antenatal Teacher/Tutor, The National Childbirth Trust, London)Critique of traditional modelTowards a new androgogyNovel approaches5. Birth Environment and Intrapartum Care (Denis Walsh, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery Research, University of Central Lancashire)NestingSafetyPhysical milieu6. Labour Rhythms, not Stages and Progress (Denis Walsh, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery Research, University of Central Lancashire & Soo Downe, Professor in Midwifery Studies, University of Central Lancashire)First stageSecond stageThird stage7.

Babies and Labour (Mary McNabb, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, London Southbank University)Fetal physiologyFeto-maternal interdependenceassessment of fetal well-being8. Midwifery Skills of Being, not Doing (Holly Powell-Kennedy, Assistant Professor, & Specialty Coordinator, Nurse-Midwifery Program, University of California)Time and labourTasks v skillsPresenceEnabling9. Skills for Working with Pain (Nicky Leap, Director of Midwifery Practice, SE Sydney and Associate Professor of Midwifery, University of Technology, Sydney and Visiting Senior Research Fellow Kings College London & Tricia Anderson, Independent Midwife/Senior Lecturer in Midwifery. Bournemouth University)Models of painPain as transformatorySkills for working with pain10. Unusual Labours (Mary Cronk, Independent Midwife & Becky Reed, Albany Midwifery Practice)Posterior laboursBreech LaboursShoulder dystociaTwins11. Ontology and Philosophy of Birth (Denis Walsh, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery Research, University of Central Lancashire & Soo Downe, Professor in Midwifery Studies, University of Central Lancashire)Towards a labour ontologyAttitudes & beliefs about birthReflexivity12. Psychology and Labour Experience (Gill Thompson, The Midwifery Centre)Psychological theory and birthBirth traumaRedemptive birthHero motif13. Sexuality and Labour Care (Sheila Kitzinger, honorary professor at Thames Valley University)Sexuality and labour physiologySexual practices and labour14.

Spirituality and Labour Care (Jenny Hall, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, University of West of England)Spirituality and indigenous BirthSpirituality and labour experiencePractical application of spiritual care15. How Midwives Should Organise to Provide Intrapartum Care (Jane Sandall, Professor of Midwifery, KCL)Critique of traditional hospital modelScoping continuityCaseload practice16. Complementary Therapies and Labour Care (Denise Tiran, Director of Expectancy Ltd - the Expectant Parents' Complementary Therapies Consultancy)Critique of pharmacological approachesPhilosophy of complementary therapiesEvidence-base of complementary therapies17. Toward Salutogenic Birth in the 21st Century (Soo Downe, Professor in Midwifery Studies, University of Central Lancashire)Integrating approachesPost-modern midwife?A vision for the 21st century.