title: The madness of modern measurement.
abstract: In this column, Sara Wickham takes a sideways look at issues relevant to midwives, students, women and families, inviting us to sit down with a cup of tea and ponder what we think we know. In this article, Sara shares the story of a woman who discovered that the due date calculation made by a machine was considered inalienable, even when another date was known with certainty to be correct. Is this an inevitable consequence of our modern world, or can we act to challenge such situations?
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wickham
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D036801:Parturition; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal