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Résumé :
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This study was originally prompted in 2015 by concern for health care worker (HCW) well-being on the labour ward (LW) where I practised as a midwife, a consultant-led unit in the East Midlands, United Kingdom (UK). At that time, both in the UK and globally, continuing midwife shortages and high workloads (Mollart et al 2013, Royal College of Midwives (RCM) 2016a) were resulting in practitioners leaving their profession (RCM 2016b), Feeling unable to maintain quality of care. Nationally, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) (1011) had also raised concern about doctor’s malcontent with their working environments. As a clinical midwife, recognising the significant demands made of HCWs, I therefore undertook a research study with the intention of positively influencing workplace well-being. [Introduction]
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