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Denis Walsh is a midwifery researcher,
lecturer, author and a practising midwife. He is currently a Reader in
Normal Birth at the University of Central Lancashire and and Independent
Midwifery Consultant. He has lectured widely throughout the Europe,
Australia and New Zealand and is a frequent contributor to childbirth
journals. He is a regular author of the Birthwrite Column in the British
Journal of Midwifery. Last year (2006) he published his first book: Improving
Maternity Services. Small if Beautiful: Lessons from a Birth Centre.
Available through Amazon or Radcliffe Publishing. His
second book, Evidence-Based Care for Normal Labour & Birth: A Guide for
Midwives, was published by Routledge in 2007 and is already a best
seller. See Amazon for reviews. |
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Detailed below are Denis's qualifications, experience as well as information on
articles, conference papers and book chapters written/published.
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Qualifications (Academic and
Professional) |
| RM |
Registered Midwife
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1986 |
| DPSM |
Diploma in Professional
Studies Midwifery |
1992 |
| MA |
Master of Arts |
1998 |
| PGDip Ed |
Post Graduate Diploma Health Care Education |
2001 |
| PhD |
Doctor of Philosophy
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2004 |
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Previous Professional Experience |
| L.R.I. NHS Trust, Leicester |
Team Leader Midwife |
Jan. '91 - Dec. '93 |
| L.R.I. NHS Trust, Leicester |
Project Leader Midwife |
Dec. '93 - Jan. |
| LRI NHS Trust, Leicester |
Research & Development Midwife |
Feb. ‘96 – Feb. ‘99 |
| De Montfort University,
Leicester |
Senior Lecturer in
Midwifery |
Feb. ’99 – July ‘01 |
| University of Central
Lancashire |
Full time PhD Student,
University of Central Lancashire |
Aug. ’01 – July
‘04 |
| University of Central
Lancashire |
Senior Lecturer in Midwifery |
Aug.
'04 - Oct. '06 |
| University of Central
Lancashire |
Reader in Normal Birth |
Nov. '06 - present |
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Current Professional Activity |
| Independent Midwifery Consultant |
Jan. ’99 - present |
| Agency Midwife, UHL NHS Trust, Leicester
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Aug ’01 – present |
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Reader in Normal Birth, University of Central
Lancashire |
Nov. ’06 - present |
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Journal Papers/Articles and Book Chapters 2000 to
present |
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Walsh, D (2000) Systemic narcotics still have a significant
and useful role in the management of labour pain. International
Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia 9(1):45 |
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Walsh, D (2000) Evidence-based care series: an introduction.
British Journal of
Midwifery.8(5):274-75 |
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Walsh, D (2000) Evidence-based care series 1: Birth
environment. British Journal of
Midwifery.8(5):276-78 |
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Walsh, D (2000) Evidence-based care series 2: Free-standing
birth centres. British Journal of
Midwifery.8(6):351-55 |
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Walsh, D (2000) Evidence-based care series 3: Assessing
progress in labour.. British Journal of
Midwifery.8(7):449-57 |
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Walsh, D (2000) Evidence-based care series 4: Fetal
monitoring should be controlled. British Journal of
Midwifery.8(8):511-16 |
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Walsh, D (2000) Evidence-based care series 5: Why we should
reject the bed birth ‘myth’. British Journal of
Midwifery.8(9):554-59 |
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Walsh, D (2000) Evidence-based care series 6: Limits on
pushing and time in the second stage British Journal of
Midwifery.8(10):604-08 |
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Walsh, D (2000) National caesarean audit: what it won’t tell
you. The Pracitising Midwife 3(10):26-7 |
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Walsh, D (2000) Evidence-based care series 8: Perineal care
should be a feminist issue. British Journal of
Midwifery.8(12):731-37 |
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Walsh, D (2001) Evidence-based care series 10: And
finally…how do we put all the evidence into practice. British
Journal of Midwifery.9(2):74-80 |
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Walsh, D (2001) Open Dialogue: Are midwives losing the art of
keeping birth normal. British Journal of Midwifery
9(3):146 |
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Walsh, D (2001) Midwives and birth technology: the debate
that’s overdue. Midirs 11(3):Supp
2,S3-S6 |
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Benjamin Y, Walsh D, Taub N (2001) A comparison of
partnership caseload midwifery care with conventional team midwifery
care: labour and birth outcomes. Midwifery
17(3):234-240 |
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Walsh, D (2001) Birthwrite: Continuity and caseload
midwifery. British Journal of
Midwifery.9(11):671 |
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Walsh, D (2002) Birthwrite: Fear of labour and birth.
British Journal of Midwifery.10(2):78 |
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Walsh, D (2002) Birthwrite: Small is beautiful. British
Journal of Midwifery.10(5):272 |
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Walsh, D (2002) Evidence & Audit : A marriage made in
heaven? Birth Issues 11(1):5-11 |
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Walsh, D (2002) What is normal birth: the researcher’s view.
The Practising Midwife
5(7):12 |
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Walsh, D & Newburn M. (2002) Towards a social model of
childbirth Parts 1. British Journal of Midwifery
10(8):476-481 |
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Walsh, D (2002) How’s your spiritual life going? Birthwrite.
British Journal of Midwifery
10(8):484 |
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Walsh, D & Newburn M. (2002) Towards a social model of
childbirth Parts 2. British Journal of Midwifery
10(9):540-544 |
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Walsh, D (2002) Postmodernism and maternity care. Birthwrite.
British Journal of Midwifery
10(11):683 |
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Walsh, D (2003) Haemorrhage and the 3rd stage of
labour. Birthwrite. British Journal of
Midwifery
11(2):74 |
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Walsh, D (2003) Maternity notes – a jaundiced account.
Birthwrite. British Journal of
Midwifery
11(4):268 |
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Walsh, D (2003) Risk management is not objective. Birthwrite.
British Journal of Midwifery
11(8):474 |
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Walsh, D (2003) The risk discourse and its effects on
maternity care. Health Care Risk Report
9(10):11-13 |
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Walsh, D (2003) We should go with the rhythm of labour.
Birthwrite. British Journal of Midwifery 11(11):656
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Walsh, D (2003) Birth as risky behaviour: reflections on risk
management. Midirs 13(4):545-548 |
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Walsh, D (2004) Multidisciplinary forums: not all voices are
equal. British Journal of Midwifery
12(2):111 |
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Walsh, D (2004) Birth Centres not safe for primigravidae.
British Journal of Midwifery 12(4):206 |
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Walsh, D (2004) Psychological barriers to labour. Birthwrite.
British Journal of Midwifery 12(7):430 |
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Walsh, D & Downe S (2004). Outcomes of Free-Standing,
Midwifery-Led Birth Centres: A Structured Review of the Evidence.
Birth, 31(3):222-229 |
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Walsh, D (2004) Home birth, staffing and acute services.
Birthwrite. British Journal of Midwifery,
12(10:616 |
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Walsh, D & Downe S (2005). Meta-synthesis: articulating
accounts, resisting reduction Journal of Advanced Nursing, To
be published April |
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Walsh, D (2NCT Evidence
Based Briefing: Maternity Care in Birth Centres. News Digest,
29:18-23 |
| Walsh, D (2005) West not the best for maternity care.
Birthwrite, British Journal of Midwifery,
13(2):87 |
| Walsh, D
& Downe S (2005). Meta-synthesis method for qualitative
research: a literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing,
50(2):204-211 |
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Walsh D (2005) NCT Evidence Based Briefing:
Maternity Care in Birth Centres Part 1. News Digest, 29:18-23 |
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Walsh D (2005) NCT Evidence Based Briefing:
Maternity Care in Birth Centres Part 2. News Digest, 30:15-18 |
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Walsh D (2005) West not the best for maternity
care. Birthwrite, British Journal of Midwifery, 13(2):87 |
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Walsh D (2005) Birth Centres: a success
story. The Practising Midwife, 8(6):12-14 |
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Walsh D (2005) Professional power in maternity
care: the many faces of paternalism. Birthwrite. British Journal
of Midwifery, 13(11):708 |
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Walsh D (2006)
Subverting assembly-line birth: Childbirth in a free-standing birth
centre. Social Science & Medicine, 62(6):1330-1340 |
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Walsh D (2006)
‘Nesting’ and ‘Matrescence’: Distinctive Features of a Free-Standing
Birth Centre. Midwifery, 22(3):228-239 |
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Walsh (2006) A new dawn for antenatal
education. Birthwrite. British Journal of Midwifery, 14(1):82 |
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Walsh D (2006)
Birth Centres, Community & Social Capital. Midirs, 16(1)7-15 |
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Walsh D (2006) Antenatal investigations:
Where is the evidence of benefit? Birthwrite. British Journal of
Midwifery, 14(4):209 |
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Walsh (2006) NICE draft intrapartum guidelines:
Join the consultation and have your say.
Birthwrite. British Journal of Midwifery, 14(7):406.
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Walsh D (2006) The challenge of
interdisciplinary collaboration: midwifery needs a model.
Birthwrite. British Journal of Midwifery, 14(9):549 |
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Walsh D (2006) The ontology of
childbirth. Birthwrite. British Journal of Midwifery, 14(11):662 |
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Walsh D (2007) A birth centre’s
encounters with discourses of childbirth: how resistance led to
innovation. Sociology of Health & Illness, 29(2):216-232 |
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Book Chapters & Books |
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Walsh, D (2003) Feminism and
intrapartum care: a quest for holistic birth.
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Stewart, M (ed.)
Pregnancy, Birth and Maternity Care: Feminist
Perspectives London, BfM |
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Walsh D, Rashid A, Downe S
(2004) Evidence, risk, safety and the study of physiological birth.
In Downe S. Normal Birth – Evidence & Debate. London:
Churchill Livingstone |
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Walsh, D (2004) Care in the
First Stage of Labour. In Henderson C, Macdonald S (eds) Mayes
Midwifery: A Textbook for Midwives. London: Bailliere
Tindall |
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Walsh, D & Baker L (2004) How to collect qualitative
data. In Lavender T, Edwards G, Alfirevic Z (eds.) Demystifying
Qualitative Research in Pregnancy & Childbirth. Salisbury:
Quay Books |
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Walsh D (2006) Risk and
Normality in Maternity Care. In A Symon (ed.) Risk and Choice in
Childbirth. London: Elsevier Science |
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Walsh D (2006) Improving Maternity
Service: Small is Beautiful - Lessons from a Birth Centre, London:
Radcliffe Publishing |
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Walsh D (2007) Evidence-Based care for Normal Labour
& Birth: A Guide for Midwives. London: Routledge |
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Conference Papers and Unrefereed Papers/Reports February 2002
to present |
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Feb 2003 |
Paper ‘Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Research on Birth
Centres’ Evidence -Based Midwifery National Conference,
Belfast |
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April 2003 |
Paper ‘Evidence-based Midwifery Care’. Northern Intrapartum
Conference, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
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May 2003 |
Paper ‘Assessing Progress in Labour’. Regional Study Day for
Midwives, Chase Farm Hospital, Middlesex |
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Sept 2003 |
Paper ‘Evidence & Maternity
Care – Time to Broaden the Debate’. International Collaborative
Conversations Conference, Bournemouth |
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Sept 2003 |
Paper ‘Risk and Normal Birth’. Baby Lifeline National
Conference, Birmingham |
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Oct 2003 |
Paper ‘Structured Review of Birth Centres’. Liverpool
Research Midwives’ Annual Conference,
Liverpool |
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Nov 2003 |
Paper ‘Models of Midwifery Care’. Keynote Address, Leeds MSLC
Meeting, Leeds |
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March 2004 |
Paper ‘UK Maternity Care at the Cross-roads’. Keynote
Address, National Forum for NCT Teachers,
Coventry |
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May 2004 |
Paper ‘Labour Rhythms and Labour Progress’.
International Congress of Psychosomatic Obstetrics &
Gynaecology, Edinburgh |
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June 2004 |
Keynote Paper ‘Small Really is Beautiful: An Ethnography of a
Birth Centre. 2nd International Normal Birth Conference,
Lake District, UK |
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June 2004 |
Paper ‘Submerging the Clinical in the Social: A Birth Centre
Study’. 10th International Conference of Maternity Care
Researchers, Lund, Sweden |
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July 2004 |
Paper ‘Supervision and Midwifery-Led Care’. Regional Study
Day, Salford University, UK |
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Sept 2004 |
Paper ‘ An Overview of Qualitative Data Collection Methods’
Qualitative Research in Maternity Care National Study Day,
Liverpool, UK |
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Nov 2004 |
Paper ‘Birth Centres as an Agent of Social Capital’ Peer
reviewed 2nd International Conference on Public Health,
Blackburn, UK |
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July
2005 |
Paper ‘Nesting as a Central Feature of Birth
Centre Activity’ Peer reviewed. International Congress of Midwives,
Brisbane, Australia |
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August 2005 |
Paper ‘An Ethnographic Study
of a Birth Centre’ Keynote at Post Graduate Seminar, Midwifery
Department, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia |
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Sept 2005 |
Paper ‘Towards a Social
Model of Childbirth’ Keynote at National Conference on Maternity
Care, Wesley Hospital, Brisbane |
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March 2006 |
Paper 'People Power in Shaping Maternity Services:
Queensland’s Maternity Coalition'. 2nd International
Evidence-Based Midwifery Network Conferences |
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May 2006 |
Paper The Role of the Midwife and the Normal
Birth Campaign’ RCM Annual Conference, Torquay, UK |
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Oct 2006 |
Paper: Pain Paradigms in Childbirth, Association
of Radical Midwives Regional Meeting, Wigan |
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Oct 2006 |
Paper: Evidence-Based Midwifery Practice. Master
Class, (Keynote) Irish Nurses & Midwives National Body, Dublin,
Ireland |
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Nov 2006 |
Paper: Rhythms in Labour. (Keynote) National
Conference of Maternity Care Stakeholders, Jerusalem, Israel |
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Nov 2006 |
Paper: How Midwives can shape the future of
maternity services. RCM National Conference for Student Midwives,
Leeds, UK |
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March 2007 |
Paper: Normalising Birth in Ireland. National
Conference, Irish Childbirth Association, Dublin, Ireland |
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