Midwifery workplace culture in Australia: A national survey of midwives

Midwives' Midwifery

pillow. Her countenance indicated exhaustion, and she did not wish to be disturbed ; preferring, as she said, death to any further interference. Her friends stated that labour pains set in four days before, and that the membranes broke and the waters were discharged thirty hours previous to my visit. The pains having been slight, and the labour having made no advance, midwives of repute were se...

Midwifery for Midwives

Wiggins, m.r.c.s., l.r.c.p., d.p.h. Bailli&re, Tindall & Cox, London, 1904. Crown 8vo. Pp. XV & 249, 44 illustrations. Price 3/6. Mr. Denison Wiggins is the Assistant Superintendent of the Greenwich Infirmary, and he has written this small handbook with a view to preparing intending midwives for the requirements of the Examining Board authorized by the Midwives Act, 1902. We are glad to find hi...

A Manual of Midwifery for Midwives

The experiences of new graduate midwives working in midwifery continuity of care models in Australia.

BACKGROUND midwifery continuity of care has been shown to be beneficial to women through reducing interventions and other maternal and neonatal morbidity. In Australia, numerous government reports recognise the importance of midwifery models of care that provide continuity. Given the benefits, midwives, including new graduate midwives, should have the opportunity to work in these models of care...

Midwifery and Midwives: A Historical Analysis

Midwifery, the first holistic profession in the world in which “care” has always been a women-centered phenomenon. It is a socially constructed practice that has gone through many historical transitions. Many of these have involved social controversies in terms of the meaning of care, the scope of its practice, and its standardized skills. The purpose of this paper is to explore and critically ...