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...care professionals insist on claiming that a medicalised hospital birth is still the safest option. Defensive medicine There has been an alarming increase in litigation against the NHS over the last few years. In fact, 70 per cent of all litigation involves obstetric cases (Johanson et al., 2002). Not surprisingly, defensive medical practice has been identified as another...

...careful that we don’t separate - there is the couple relationship on one hand, then there is friendship on the other - because quite often, they’re quite embedded. And friendships are part of wider networks of intimacy, which sustain the couple relationships. NARRATOR Psychological theories have often distinguish between different kinds of love. And within...

...caring responsibilities or bereavement. Although risk of feeling lonely can increase with age, Dr Deborah Morgan discusses how loneliness can be felt by anybody at any time and how we can alleviate loneliness. Like Brian’s story in Dr Morgan’s talk, individuals may also experience social isolation which is defined as the absence of contact with other people. Rurality,...