Total (n = 61)	Theme	Author, year, title, journal, article number
(n = 26)	Midwifery profession	Bedwell C, et al. 2012, Using diaries to explore midwives’ experiences in intrapartum care: an evaluation of the method in a phenomenological study. Midwifery. (15) Hays KE, et al. 2015, The Professionalization of International Disaster Response: it is time for midwives to get ready. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. (4) King T, 1997, Epidural anesthesia in labor: benefits versus risks, Journal of Nurse-Midwifery. (51) Narchi NZ, de Castro et al. 2017, Report on the midwives’ experiences in the Brazilian National Health System: a qualitative research. Midwifery. (a5) Narrigan D, 2004, Examining an ethical dilemma: a case study in clinical practice, Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health. (38) Pezaro S, 2018, Confidentiality, anonymity and amnesty for midwives in distress seeking online support—ethical?, Nursing Ethics. (Sca1) Polona Mivšek et al. 2015, How do midwives in Slovenia view their professional status? Midwifery (1) Vinggaard Christensen A, et al. 2013, Faced with a dilemma: Danish midwives’ experiences with and attitudes towards late termination of pregnancy, Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. (11) Wilson-Mitchell K, et al. 2016, Infusing diversity and equity into clinical teaching: training the trainers, Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. (a7) Woodward VM, 1998, Caring, patient autonomy and the stigma of paternalism, Journal of Advanced Nursing. (49)
	Education for students	Buxton M, et al. 2015, Simulation: a new approach to teaching ethics, Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health (6) Church S, et al. 2013, Student midwives’ responses to reproductive ethics: a qualitative focus group approach using case scenarios, Midwifery (13) Geraghty SM, et al. 2009, An Australian perspective: the art of being with students, Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. (26) Karline Wilson-Mitchell et al. 2016, Infusing diversity and equity into clinical teaching: training the trainers, J Midwifery Womens Health. (W4) Klingberg-Allvin M, et al. 2007, Ethics of justice and ethics of care. Values and attitudes among midwifery students on adolescent sexuality and abortion in Vietnam and their implications for midwifery education: a survey by questionnaire and interview, International Journal of Nursing Studies. (32) Megregian, Michele, 2016, Ethics education in midwifery education programs in the United States, J Midwifery Womens Health. (W5) Mizuno M, 2014, Abortion-care education in Japanese nurse practitioner and midwifery programs: a national survey, Nurse Education Today (10) Scheilling SM, et al. 1994, Everyday ethics and nurse/midwifery education, Nurse Education Today. (54)
	Education for professionals	Anderson BA, et al. 2007, Simply not there: The impact of international migration of nurses and midwives-perspectives from Guyana, Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health. (31) Comerford Freda M, 2004, Issues in patient education, Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health. (39) Houwink EJ, et al. 2011, Genetic educational needs and the role of genetics in primary care: a focus group study with multiple perspectives, BMC Family Practice (18) Megregian M, 2016, Ethics education in midwifery education programs in the United States, Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health. (a8) Mngadi PT, et al. 2008, Health providers’ perceptions of adolescent sexual and reproductive health care in Swaziland, International Nursing Review. (27) Webb J, et al. 1999, Getting it right: the teaching of philosophical health care ethics, Nursing Ethics. (47)
	Midwifery science research	Ryan K, et al. 2011, Which hat am I wearing today? Practising midwives doing research, Evidence Based Midwifery (19)
	FGM	Hess RF, et al. 2010, Knowledge of female genital cutting and experience with women who are circumcised: a survey of nurse-midwives in the United States, Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. (24)
(n = 14)	The rights of the woman	Brodrick A, 2014, Too afraid to push: dealing with fear of childbirth. The Practising Midwife (8) Dotters-Katz S, et al. 2014, Cancer and pregnancy: the clinician’s perspective, Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey. (9) Jankowski J, et al. 2015, Home birth of infants with congenital anomalies: a case study and ethical analysis of careproviders’ obligations. The Journal of Clinical Ethics (2) Lowe NK, 2004, Context and process of informed consent for pharmacologic strategies in labor pain care, Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. (40) Pickering, D. 2011, A fight for the right to life, Practising Midwife. (16) Rees J, 2011, A consideration of ethical issues fundamental to researching sensitive topics: substance use during pregnancy, Evidence Based Midwifery. (20) Sharp ES, 1998, Ethics in reproductive health care: a midwifery perspective, Journal of Nurse-Midwifery. (48) Thompson, Faye E, 2003, The practice setting: site of the ethical conflict for some mothers and midwives, Nursing Ethics. (W20)
	Conflicts between maternal and fetal rights	Burrows J, 2001, The parturient woman: can there be room for more than ‘one person with full and equal rights inside a single human skin’? Journal of Advanced Nursing. (46) Cignacco E, 2002, Between professional duty and ethical confusion: midwives and selective termination of pregnancy, Nursing Ethics. (42) Cunningham FG, et al. 2010, NIH consensus development conference draft statement on vaginal birth after cesarean: new insights. NIH consensus and state-of-the-science statements. (23) Dann L, 2007, Grace’s story: an analysis of ethical issues in a case of informed consent, British Journal of Midwifery. (28) Garel M, et al. 2007, Ethical problems of extreme prematurity: results of a qualitative study with obstetricians and midwives | [Problèmes éthiques posés par l'extrême prématurité: résultats d'une étude qualitative auprès des obstétriciens et des sages-femmes], Gynecologie Obstetrique Fertilite. (29) Ledward A, 2011, Informed consent: ethical issues for midwife research, Evidence Based Midwifery. (21)
(n = 8)	The rights of the fetus/neonate	Avci E, 2015, Caregivers’ role in maternal–fetal conflict. Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (3) Bream KDW, et al. 2005, Barriers to and facilitators for newborn resuscitation in Malawi, Africa, Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health. (34) Crawford D, et al. 2010. The care of the pre-viable and questionably viable infant—a midwife and a neonatal nurse dilemma, Journal of Neonatal Nursing. (22) Eyre TA, et al. 2015, Management and controversies of classical Hodgkin lymphoma in pregnancy, British Journal of Haematology. (5) Garel M, et al. 2004, Ethical decision-making for extremely preterm deliveries: results of a qualitative survey among obstetricians and midwives, Journal of Maternal–Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. (37) Kenner C, et al. 2005, Newborn screening and genetic testing, Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health. (35) Pritchard I, 2015, Using Principlism to resolve the ethical dilemma of withdrawing treatment from a neonate diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Journal of Neonatal Nursing. (7)
	Children’s rights	Charles-Edwards I, et al. 2002, Ethics and children’s rights: learning from past mistakes. British Journal of Nursing (Mark Allen Publishing). (45)
(n = 13)	The medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth
	Breech	Walker S, 2013, Undiagnosed breech: towards a woman-centred approach, British Journal of Midwifery. (14)
	Risk and safety	Minkoff H, et al. 2013, A reconsideration of home birth in the United States, Journal of Clinical Ethics (12)
	The reproductive technology	Burrage J, 1998, Infertility treatment in women aged over 40 years. Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain): 1987). (50) Papaharitou S, et al. 2007, Reproductive health and midwives: does occupational status differentiate their attitudes on assisted reproduction technologies from those of the general population? Human Reproduction. (30)
	Prenatal screening	Edvardsson K, et al. 2016, Increasing possibilities—increasing dilemmas: a qualitative study of Swedish midwives’ experiences of ultrasound use in pregnancy, Midwifery. (Sca6) Garel M, et al. 2002, Ethical decision-making in prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy: a qualitative survey among physicians and midwives, Prenatal Diagnosis. (43) Gottfredsdóttir H, 2010, ‘Have You Had the Test?’ A discourse analysis of media presentation of prenatal screening in Iceland, Scand J Caring Scie. (W12) Hundt GL, et al. 2011, Inside 'Inside View': Reflections on stimulating debate and engagement through a multimedia live theatre production on the dilemmas and issues of pre-natal screening policy and practice, Health Expectations (17) Pinard JA et al. 2003, Maternal serologic screening for toxoplasmosis, Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health. (41) Reid B, et al. 2009, A meta-synthesis of pregnant women's decision-making processes with regard to antenatal screening for Down syndrome, Social Science and Medicine. (25) Williams C, 2006, Dilemmas in fetal medicine: premature application of technology or responding to women’s choice? Sociology of Health and Illness. (33)
	Genetic testing	Lea DH, et al. 2005, Ethical issues in genetic testing, Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. (36) Williams C, et al. 2002, Is nondirectiveness possible within the context of antenatal screening and testing? Social Science and Medicine. (44)