1st Edition
Failure to Progress The Contraction of the Midwifery Profession
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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Changes in the field of midwifery are of concern to those within the health care system, the academic world and those whose lives are touched by midwifery care. This text reflects on the current situation and questions whether it is the most appropriate way of providing care for the childbearing woman. The book discusses what is happening both within midwifery as well as to midwifery as a... Read more
Preface 1. Midwifery Power 2. Consumer Groups 3. Practice and Autonomy 4. Statutory Control 5. Supervision 6. Midwifery Discipline 7. Intervention in Labour 8. Being with Woman 9. Educating the Midwife 10. The Midwife and the Medical Practitioner 11. Other Countries' Experiences 12. The Way Ahead References
Biography
Rosemary Mander, Valerie Fleming
