Case-loading midwifery in New Zealand: Bridging the normal/abnormal divide 'with woman'

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-52

  Lee Davis, Deborah ^a,b   Walker, Kim ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d St Vincent's Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caseload; Continuity; Feminism; Normal birth; Poststructuralism; Woman centred

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79151486580     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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