Reconceiving Midwifery

Author:   Ivy Lynn Bourgeault ,  Cecilia Benoit ,  Robbie Davis-Floyd ,  Cecilia M. Benoit
Publisher:   McGill-Queen's University Press
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Pages:   352
Publication Date:   28 April 2004
Format:   Paperback
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Offers state-of-the-art analyses of the new midwifery Midwifery in the developed world is in a state of ferment and change - a phenomenon referred to as the ""new midwifery."" Reconceiving Midwifery offers state-of-the-art analyses of the new midwifery as it is practiced. The authors - social scientists and midwifery practitioners - reflect on regional differences in the emerging profession, providing a systematic account of its historical, local, and international roots, its evolving regulatory status, and the degree to which it has been integrated into health care systems.

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Author:   Ivy Lynn Bourgeault ,  Cecilia Benoit ,  Robbie Davis-Floyd ,  Cecilia M. Benoit
Publisher:   McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint:   McGill-Queen's University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780773526907


ISBN 10:   0773526900
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   28 April 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction RecOnceiving Midwifery in Canada 3 Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Cecilia Benoit, and Robbie Davis-Floyd PART ONE Canadian midwifery in context 15 1 Rethinking the History of Midwifery in Canada 17 Lesley Biggs 2 Tradition as a Political Symbol in the New Midwifery in Canada 46 Margaret MacDonald PART TWO Legislation, integration, and its challenges 67 3 Why Legislation?: Using Regulation to Strengthen Midwifery 71 Vicki Van Wagner 4 Delaying Legislation: The Quebec Experiment 91 Helene Vadeboncoeur 5 Challenges to Midwifery Integration: Interprofessional Relationships in British Columbia 111 Jude Kornelsen and Elaine Carty 6 To Fund or Not To Fund: The Alberta Decision 131 Susan James and Ivy Bourgeault 7 Exploring Legislated Midwifery: Texts and Rulings 150 Mary Sharpe PART THREE Educating midwives and entry to practice 167 8 Becoming a Midwife in Canada: Models of Midwifery Education 169 Cecilia Benoit and Robbie Davis-Floyd 9 Midwifery Education in Ontario: Its Origins, Operation, and Impact on the Profession 187 Karyn Kaufman and Bobbi Soderstrom 10 Midwifery on the Prairies: Visionaries and Realists in Manitoba 204 Pat Kaufert and Kris Robinson PART FOUR Equity and accessibility: confronting some unresolved issues 221 11 Unregulated Midwifery: Experiences of Women in Nova Scotia 225 Denise Marion 12 Access to Midwifery: Reflections on the Ontario Equity Committee Experience 244 Anne Rochon Ford and Vicki Van Wagner 13 Aboriginal Midwifery in Canada: Merging Traditional Practices and Modern Science 263 Dena Carroll and Cecilia Benoit 14 The Boundaries of Professional Belonging: How Race has Shaped the Re-emergence of Midwifery in Ontario 287 Sheryl Nestel Afterword Missing Pieces and New Developments: Challenges and Opportunities 306 Ivy Lynn Bourgeault and Cecilia Benoit

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This is a timely and important book. The essays are thought-provoking and carefully researched and the editors deserve compliments for the selection of materials and the ways in which they have been worked up. The book is original, diverse, and compelling. Readers are introduced to leading-edge thinking and developments surrounding midwifery practice. I learned something new on every page. Brian Burtch, author of Trials of Labour: The Re-emergence of Midwifery


"""This is a timely and important book. The essays are thought-provoking and carefully researched and the editors deserve compliments for the selection of materials and the ways in which they have been worked up. The book is original, diverse, and compelling. Readers are introduced to leading-edge thinking and developments surrounding midwifery practice. I learned something new on every page."" Brian Burtch, author of Trials of Labour: The Re-emergence of Midwifery"


Author Information

Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Comparative Health Labour Policy, McMaster University, is the co-editor of Reconceiving Midwifery.

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