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9780415235570

Failure to Progress: The Contraction of the Midwifery Profession

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415235570

  • ISBN10:

    041523557X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-05-31
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Failure to Progressdiscusses what is happening within midwifery as well as to the midwifery profession in the context of social change. All contributors are actively involved with the provision of care to the childbearing woman and together they discuss the evolution of the midwifes role, functions of the midwife within the health care system, the effects of organizational change, and the relationships of the midwife with the woman she cares for and with medical practitioners.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Midwifery powerp. 1
The midwife you have called knows you are waiting...A consumer viewp. 20
Practice and autonomyp. 39
Statutory controlp. 63
Supervision at the beginning of a new centuryp. 78
Midwifery discipline: Misconduct and negligencep. 99
Autonomy and commitment of life outside midwifery: Women, work and midwiferyp. 122
Being with women: the midwife-woman relationshipp. 133
Educating the midwifep. 150
The midwife and the medical practitionerp. 170
Other countries' experiencep. 189
Conclusion: The way aheadp. 202
Jan's Diaryp. 216
Indexp. 225
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