Healers and Midwives Accused of Witchcraft (1563-1736) - What Secondary Analysis of the Scottish Survey of Witchcraft Can Contribute to the Teaching of Nursing and Midwifery History
Journal Article
Ring, N., McHugh, N. M., Reed, B. B., Davidson-Welch, R., & Dodd, L. S. (2024)
Healers and Midwives Accused of Witchcraft (1563-1736) - What Secondary Analysis of the Scottish Survey of Witchcraft Can Contribute to the Teaching of Nursing and Midwifery History. Nurse Education Today, 133, Article 106026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.106026
Background: Nearly 4000 people were accused of witchcraft in Scotland between 1563-1736. Some of these were healers, midwives, and nurses.
Objective: To investigate Scotland’...
Feminist Activist Ethnography and the Development of Midwifery Identity in Student Midwives
Presentation / Conference
McHugh, N., & Mcluckie, C. (2018, September)
Feminist Activist Ethnography and the Development of Midwifery Identity in Student Midwives. Paper presented at Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK, Oxford
We have used feminist activist ethnography as a framework for student midwives to explore women's birth narratives and identify issues that arise in contemporary childbirth in...
Feminist Activist Ethnography and the Development of Midwifery Identity in Student Midwives
Presentation / Conference
McHugh, N., & McLuckie, C. (2018, June)
Feminist Activist Ethnography and the Development of Midwifery Identity in Student Midwives. Poster presented at RCM Education Conference, London UK
Floors, ceilings and cellars: Midwives, the NMC and 'the code'
Book Chapter
Mander, R., McHugh, N., Murphy-Lawless, J., Patterson, J., & Edwards, N. (2018)
Floors, ceilings and cellars: Midwives, the NMC and 'the code'. In J. Murphy-Lawless, N. Edwards, & R. Mander (Eds.), Untangling the Maternity Crisis (40-48). Abingdon: Routledge
The BPG Survey: Fear
Book Chapter
Mander, R., McHugh, N., Murphy-Lawless, J., Patterson, J., & Edwards, N. (2018)
The BPG Survey: Fear. In N. Edwards, R. Mander, & J. Murphy-Lawless (Eds.), Untangling the Maternity Crisis (31-38). Abingdon: Routledge
Mander, R and the Birth Project Group
In: Edwards, N.; Mander, R. & Murphy-Lawless, J. (Eds.)
Coded rhetoric: The reality of midwifery practice
Journal Article
Group, B. P., Mander, R., & McHugh, N. (2016)
Coded rhetoric: The reality of midwifery practice. British Journal of Midwifery, 24(5), 344-352. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2016.24.5.344
In the light of certain failings in NHS provision of care, the Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC, 2015) Code requires staff to engage more effectively with patients and ser...
Are Staffing Shortages Changing the Culture of Midwifery?
Journal Article
Edwards, N., Gilbert, A., Mander, R., McHugh, N., Murphy-Lawless, J., & Patterson, J. (2016)
Are Staffing Shortages Changing the Culture of Midwifery?. Practising Midwife, 19(3), 12-16
The effects of budgetary changes on midwives' practice environment have raised concerns in many settings. A survey of midwives and student midwives in the UK and Republic of I...
Friendship or manipulation: Research as an emotional mindfield
Presentation / Conference
McHugh, N. (2015, October)
Friendship or manipulation: Research as an emotional mindfield. Paper presented at The 2nd British Auto-Ethnography Conference, Aberdeen
Fear Amongst Midwives
Journal Article
McHugh, N., & Birth Project Group. (2015)
Fear Amongst Midwives. RcM Midwives, 18(3), 60-62
The anxiety of influence: A theory of collaborative auto-ethnography for clinical and academic supervision
Presentation / Conference
Siddique, S., McHugh, N., & McGowan, M. (2015, May)
The anxiety of influence: A theory of collaborative auto-ethnography for clinical and academic supervision. Paper presented at The 11th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Chicago, US