Fighting a losing battle: Midwives experiences of workplace stress

The aim of this study was to examine the nature of midwives’ work-related stress and the implications, if any, for midwives overall emotional well-being and career decisions. A classic Glaserian grounded theory methodology was used, which included 21 in-depth individual face-to-face interviews with registered midwives. The core category that emerged from the data labelled ‘Fighting a Losing Battle’ consisted of the causal, contextual and...