Celine Lemay

• PhD
• Lecturer at University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres

Understanding the place of practical wisdom in healthcare: a review EBM generates a proliferation of guidelines and recommendations targeting health practitioners that are expected to “apply” them. There is a valorisation of standardization of care. In their daily practice midwives are facing two different important professional paradoxical injun...

The presentation is about the challenges of physiological childbirth in a context and a culture of care organized by biomedical and pathological perspective. It is about the need to work with phronesis or practical wisdom which is briefly explained. This raise many challenges and possibilities for midwives and midwifery profession.

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION In the French version of The Lancet Series (2014) midwifery has been translated as maïeutique. Likewise, the term maïeuticien has recently been introduced in some countries to name (male) midwives. This change of terminology has not been the subject of broad stakeholder consultation. The aim of this study is to explore the opi...

La légalisation de la profession de sage-femme en 1999 au québec est un phénomène significatif dans le système de santé québécois. cependant face à l'incompréhension qu'elle suscite, cet ouvrage nous permet de comprendre ce que signifie ce savoir-faire en partant de la période des années 1980. ce travail doctoral est organisé grâce à des données re...

the goal of promoting physiology in childbirth and maternity care is challenging the core beliefs and culture of obstetrical and institutional care it's time to introduce the necessity of practical wisdom in maternity care and especially in midwifery care.

Midwives, who are specially trained to favour normal birth, are deeply concerned about the constantly increasing rate of cesareans in many countries of the world. Since training has a long-lasting impact on professionals, the one received by midwives is then of particular importance. How can midwives make a difference in maternity care when their t...

Traduit et republié dans la Revue canadienne de la recherche et de la pratique sage-femme avec la permission de la maison d'édition Springer ARTICLE 26 Volume I8, numéro 2, 2019 Revue Canadienne de la recherche et de la pratique sage-femme RÉSUMÉ Objectif : Comprendre la signification et l'impact de la traduction de midwifery par maïeutique dans la...

in the era of promotion normal physiological birth it's time to question the language around it and to expand our representation of childbirth beyond the biological realm childbirth is not the physiology of childbirth

AIM To understand the meaning and impact of translating “midwifery” into “ maïeutique ” as proposed in The Lancet Series on Midwifery. METHODS Linguistic change in terminology was analyzed by comparing English/French translations, reviewing the French literature, and analyzing the results of a survey among French-speaking midwives' associations....

L’ouvrage veut d’abord revisiter la physiologie des processus à la lumière des recherches récentes et envisager une conception écologique de la mise au monde. Ensuite l’insuffisance du savoir biomédical mènent à faire appel à d’autres savoirs disciplinaires pour comprendre la mise au monde. Le savoir qui fait autorité, la médicalisation, le risque...

How midwifery as discipline can reclaim specific knowledges, language, ways of knowing, clinical reasoning and decision making? The importance of critical thinking in formation and cultivate the ability of reflective practice

Active management of the third stage: time for a commentary This presentation is the articulation of a commentary on the text about active management of the third of labour (AMTSL) in the emergency workshop book of CAM. If the reality of maternal mortality cannot be considered out of the sociopolitical and sanitary context of childbirth, we first h...

This study explores the meaning of the phenomenon of midwifery practice in Québec. After legalization of midwifery in 1999, it was acknowledged that the midwifery practice was, in spite of available information, misunderstood. There was a need to explore the world of midwives to reveal its meanings and to understand what it is like to practice midw...

This study explores the meaning of the phenomenon of midwifery practice in Québec. After legalization of midwifery in 1999, it was acknowledged that the midwifery practice was, in spite of available information, misunderstood. There was a need to explore the world of midwives to reveal its meanings and to understand what it is like to practice midw...

Quels enjeux pose la pratique sage-femme dans la reconfiguration des rapports des femmes face à leur maternité et à leur santé? Examen de synthèse_Doctorat en Sciences Humaines Appliquées