I'm a writer/researcher and a retired nurse. I worked in the NHS for over 30 years – as a nurse, midwife, specialist heath visitor and senior manager. I've also worked as a charity fundraiser. I retain a keen interest in the politics of health and illness in the developing and developed world. I have a specific interest in Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) with an associated website: www.shiftingsands.org.uk. Contact me at bridthehir@gmail.com
Wednesday, 1 February 2006
Le cas « crânien » : Examen de la thérapie crânio-sacrée
A French translation of my critical essay on Cranio-Sacral therapy can be accessed below:
Thursday, 1 July 2004
You're a mother? You must be mad
When I started work, first as a midwife and then as a health visitor, in the early 80s, I was always on the lookout for mothers suffering from "baby blues" or the extremely rare "puerperal psychosis".
Friday, 19 October 2001
Smacks of interference
The Scottish executive’s proposal (News, 13 Sept 2001) to ban smacking children under the age of three and to make it illegal to hit children of any age on the head, should be viewed with grave concern by social workers north and south of the border.
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