Workers' perspectives on self-directing mainstream return to work following acute mental illness: reflections on partnerships.

Objective: To examine barriers and facilitators influencing self-direction of return to mainstream work following acute mental illness.

Participants: Five individuals who had attempted return to mainstream work following acute mental illness.

Methods: In depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews with the five participants selected through purposive sampling.

Disclosure of mental health.

As today's workplaces strive toward a climate of inclusiveness for persons with disabilities, much work remains for employers in developing a process to achieve this ideal. While survivors of mental illness are encouraged to disclose related concerns to their employer, such sharing of personal information remains daunting. Similarly, employers attempting to assist the process are often awed by the extent of collaborations involved in integrating employees with mental health issues back to work as well as concern about compliance with human rights legislation.

Evaluation of midwife-led care provided at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

Objective: To compare the outcome of care given to women 'booking' for delivery in a midwife-led maternity unit with that for comparable women 'booking' for care in a consultant obstetric unit.

Design And Method: Prospective cohort study with a quasi-experimental design and data extracted from case notes.

Setting: East Dorset, midwife-led maternity unit at Royal Bournemouth Hospital and consultant-led maternity unit at Poole General Hospital.