The politics of midwifery education and training in New South Wales during the last decades of the 19th Century

Women and Birth

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-25

  Purcal, Nita K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asylum; Births; Education; Fees; Hospitals; Lay midwives; Maternal mortality; Midwifery; Midwifery nurse; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LAW; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; NURSING EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EDUCATION, NURSING; HISTORY OF NURSING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LEGISLATION, NURSING; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE'S ROLE; SCHOOLS, NURSING;

EID: 39749113802     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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