How midwives' discursive practices contribute to the maintenance of the status quo in English maternity care

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 612-619

  Pollard, Katherine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discursive practice; Gender; Medicalisation of birth; Power; Professional identity; Professional relationships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK; WORKPLACE;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; STATE MEDICINE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80052656613     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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