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Volume Contents Editorial The International Year of the Family International Year of the Family Secretariat No effect of birth centre care on either duration or experience of breast feeding, but more complications: findings from a randomised controlled trial Ulla Waldenstrém and Carl-Axel Nilsson Bridging the gap between research and practice: an assessment of the value of a study in developing critical research reading skills in midwives Carolyn Hicks The experience of childbirth for survivors of incest Jenny Parratt Postnatal home visiting by midwives Jo Garcia, Mary Renfrew and Sally Marchant Who chooses to have the HIV antibody test in the antenatal clinic? Jean Meadows, Simon Jenkinson and Jose Catalan CONFERENCE REPORT INTERNATIONAL NEWS BOOK REVIEWS CHANGE IN ABSTRACTS Editorial Ann Thomson Fetal and infant origins of cardiovascular disease Christopher N. Martyn Hungarian midwives and their practice: a national survey Marie Farrell, Gene Harkless, Louis H. Orzack, Susanna Houd, Ann Oakley and Clara Sovenyi Assessing postnatal uterine involution: a review and a challenge Elsa Montgomery and Jo Alexander A study on the effects of low haemoglobin on postnatal women Jean A. Paterson, Julianne Davis, Monica Gregory, Susan J.R. Holt, Amanda Pachulski, Deirdre E.C. Stamford, June B. Wothers and Anne Jarrett The impact of obstetric procedures and analgesia/ anaesthesia during labour and delivery on breast feeding Lynda Rajan Task analysis in education and evaluation: an application among midwives in the Republic of Yemen Soheir Sukkary-Stoliba and Judith T. Fullerton INTERNATIONAL NEWS BOOK REVIEWS Editorial Ann Thomson A matched cohort study of planned home and hospital births in Western Australia 1981-1987 Hazel C. Woodcock, Anne W. Read, Carol Bower, Fiona J. Stanley and Diane J. Moore The midwife’s role in abortion care Charlotte E. Hord and Grace E. Delano What in the world is being done about TBAs? An overview of international and national attitudes of traditional birth attendants Jennifer R. Fleming Women’s views of their postnatal care by midwives at an Adelaide Women’s Hospital Georgina E. Stamp and Caroline A. Crowther ‘They know best’: women’s perceptions of midwifery care during labour and childbirth Rosalind Bluff and Immy Holloway Moving towards a common understanding in maternity services Patricia Meldrum, Patricia Purton, Barbara B. MacLennan and Sara Twaddle INTERNATIONAL NEWS BOOK REVIEWS CORRESPONDENCE Editorial Ann Thomson Evaluation of the meta-analyses on the effects, on both mother and baby, of the various components of ‘active’ management of the third stage of labour Gillian M. L. Gyte Preparing for breast feeding: treatment of inverted and non-protractile nipples in pregnancy The MAIN Trial Collaborative Group A descriptive study of childbirth education provided by midwives in Sweden Anita Hallgren, Mona Kihlgren and Astrid Norberg Towards an integrated model of competence in midwifery Michelle Worth-Butler, Roger J. L. Murphy and Diane M. Fraser A cross-national analysis of midwifery politics: six lessons for midwives Eugene R. Declercq Ultrasound examination in pregnancy: some suggestions for debate Therese Dowswell and Jenny Hewison INTERNATIONAL NEWS SUBJECT INDEX AUTHOR INDEX