Shoulder dystocia — perceived risk factors and the impact on women and health care professionals

Pirie, Louisa

Author
Louisa Pirie, Masters in Midwifery student, School of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, UK. Email:[email protected]

For more information on this topic see MIC database search pack: L17 Shoulder dystocia.

MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 33(1):p 70-75, March 2023.

Introduction

This paper aims to consider shoulder dystocia and the impact that this may have on both women and health care professionals. A variety of factors will be examined and discussed.