d="p0225">What sustains midwifery practice and how resilience is a quality required in practice have begun being researched.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="p0230">Models of care that focus on relationships have been shown to be beneficial to mothers, families and midwives.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="p0235">This paper explores and critiques the notions of sustainability and resilience as applied to midwifery.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="p0240">This paper begins to examine the notions of resilience and sustainability across very different models of midwifery care.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="p0250">Four main qualities/themes that traverse two models of midwifery care are identified and discussed: Love, passion and joy of midwifery, self-care, self-determination and relationships sustain.
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