Risk assessments and ethnicity in maternity care: looking through the wrong end of the telescope?
(2024)
Journal Article
Melamed, A. (2024). Risk assessments and ethnicity in maternity care: looking through the wrong end of the telescope?. British Journal of Midwifery, 32(2), 98-104. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2024.32.2.98
Many Black and brown women are classified as ‘high risk’ and follow obstetric-led pathways. This may be the result of social determinants of health, or over pathologisation as a result of racial bias by healthcare providers and systems. There may be... Read More about Risk assessments and ethnicity in maternity care: looking through the wrong end of the telescope?.