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A midwife answers some of the questions she faces regularly. The Picture of Health team. A Picture Of Health captured one day in the life of the NHS. Here at The Open University, we explored the...
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Desperate Midwives is focused on the labour ward of Derby City General Hospital, the midwives who work there are the mums and babies they deal with day by day. The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content...
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View ArticleBorn Too Soon?: The Effects of Health Inequality
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View ArticleEvocative Songs
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View ArticleSex Education:The Way Ahead
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View ArticleA brief history of sex education
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View ArticleThe price of parenthood
Having children brings many changes. We consider the price of parenthood The OpenLearn team. The OpenLearn content & channel team: bringing you the finest in free, online learning since 1999. First...
View ArticleBreaking Science: Planets, midges, flu...
The making of planets, midge-friendly lighting, flu jabs, climate change, and food that's fallen off the plate. The Naked Scientists. The Naked Scientists bring a new approach to science broadcasting....
View ArticleCountdown To Life: The Extraordinary Making Of You
This blockbuster series tells the thrilling story of how you were made by combining emotionally charged human stories with ground-breaking computer generated imagery. First published on Tue, 08 Sep...
View ArticleDownload your free 'Nine Months That Made You' poster
Get your free poster on 'Nine Months That Made You' to accompany the OU/BBC series 'Countdown To Life: The Extraordinary Making Of You'. First published on Tue, 08 Sep 2015 as Download your free 'Nine...
View ArticleShould we test drugs on pregnant women?
The idea might seem ridiculous. But as science writer Emily Anthes explains, there's a strong case for testing drugs on women who are pregnant. Emily Anthes. Emily Anthes covered car accidents and...
View ArticleChallenging the biomedical model of childbirth
Health means different things to different people, and this is reflected in the experiences of pregnancy and childbirth in this free course, Challenging the biomedical model of childbirth. People's...
View ArticleDetecting Down’s syndrome in the unborn fetus
Downs syndrome is the condition that is screened for the most in pregnant women because of the increased risk with the increasing age of mothers. This free course, Detecting Downs syndrome in the...
View ArticleEarly development
This free course, Early development, looks at the human being in the context of an individual life cycle, examining some of the processes that contribute to the formation of a new person. After a brief...
View ArticleA day in the life of... the midwife
A midwife answers some of the questions she faces regularly. The Picture of Health team. A Picture Of Health captured one day in the life of the NHS. Here at The Open University, we explored the...
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