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My publications

Keen to read my published works? I keep an updated list of them all here.

Small, K. A., Sidebotham, M., Fenwick, J., & Gamble, J. (2022, Sep 17). The social organisation of decision-making about intrapartum fetal monitoring: An Institutional Ethnography. Women & Birth, in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2022.09.004

Small, K. A., Sidebotham, M., Fenwick, J., & Gamble, J. (2022, Mar). “I’m not doing what I should be doing as a midwife”: An ethnographic exploration of central fetal monitoring and perceptions of clinical safety. Women & Birth, 35(2), 193-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2021.05.006 

Small, K. A., Sidebotham, M., Fenwick, J., & Gamble, J. (2022, Mar). Midwives must, obstetricians may: An ethnographic exploration of how policy documents organise intrapartum fetal monitoring practice. Women & Birth, 35(2), e188-e197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2021.05.001 

Small, K. A., Sidebotham, M., Gamble, J., & Fenwick, J. (2021). Does intrapartum CTG save lives? Midwifery Matters, Spring(168), 20 – 22. https://www.midwifery.org.uk/articles/midwifery-matters-spring-2021/

Small, K., Sidebotham, M., Gamble, J., & Fenwick, J. (2021, Jun 24). “My whole room went into chaos because of that thing in the corner”: Unintended consequences of a central fetal monitoring system. Midwifery, 102, 103074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.103074 

Small, K., & Ellwood, D. (2021, Aug). Does training in intrapartum fetal monitoring actually work? British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 128(9), 1420. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16725 

Small, K. A., Sidebotham, M., Fenwick, J., & Gamble, J. (2020, Sept). Intrapartum cardiotocograph monitoring and perinatal outcomes for women at risk: Literature review. Women & Birth, 33(5), 411-418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2019.10.002 

Small, K. A. (2020). Social Organisation of the Work of Maternity Clinicians Related to a Central Fetal Monitoring System. Doctoral thesis, Griffith University. https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/handle/10072/392850

Small, K. A. (2018). The Trouble with Normal Birth. Australian Midwifery News, 18(1), 21-23. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?resume=https://mail.google.com/a/griffith.edu.au  (And no, I’m not a midwife – that was an editorial mistake!)

Small, K. A., Sidebotham, M., Gamble, J., & Fenwick, J. (2016, Oct). Exploring midwifery prescribing in Australia. Women & Birth, 29(5), 436-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2016.02.001 

Small, K. A., Sidebotham, M., Fenwick, J., & Gamble, J. (2016, Dec 05). Midwifery prescribing in Australia. Australian Prescriber, 39(6), 215-218. https://doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2016.070 

Small, K. A., & Chan, F. Y. (1998, Aug 17). Antenatal screening and prenatal diagnosis of thalassaemia: an update. Medical Journal of Australia, 169(4), 215-219. https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb140226.x

Small, K., & Wynne, M. (1990). Evaluating the pelvic floor in obstetric patients. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 30(1), 41-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828X.1990.tb03194.x