title: Hard labour.
abstract: Midwives have an ethically superior and more consumer-oriented code of conduct than doctors, argue Beverley Lawrence Beech and Jean Robinson, who claim women are safer in midwives' hands.
authors: B L
authors: BL
authors: Beech
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Robinson
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery / Q000592:standards; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000592:standards*; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000592:standards; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011247:Pregnancy; D012042:Registries; D006113:United Kingdom