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Storrie, Leslie H. "Learning midwifery : perceptions of the registered midwife." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.428171.

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Stevens, Trudy. "Midwife to midwíf : a study of caseload midwifery." Thesis, University of West London, 2002. https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1079/.

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This thesis explores the implications of individual caseload practice for midwives. Over the past fifty years childbirth in England has become predominantly hospital oriented, with midwives forced to meet the needs of the institution rather than those of childbearing women. In 1994, a change in government policy for the maternity services attempted to address the dissatisfaction felt by mothers and midwives. The model for caseload midwifery was developed from their recommendations. Midwifery retains an ideology of independent practice yet the reality of working in a subservient position to obs
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Bäck, Lena. "Confidence in Midwifery : Midwifery students and midwives’ perspectives." Licentiate thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för omvårdnad, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-33560.

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A confident midwife has an impact on a pregnant woman’s clinical outcome and birth experience. Knowledge acquisition, competence, and confidence develops over a lifetime and is of great importance in developing and forming personal skills and allowing the personal traits to grow and mature. Previous international studies have shown that midwifery students do not feel confident in many areas in which they are supposed to practice independently. The aim of this thesis was to investigate confidence levels in basic midwifery skills in Swedish midwifery students in their final semester just before
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Barnes, Margaret. "Becoming a midwife : a case study of a women-centred midwifery curriculum." Thesis, Griffith University, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/380712.

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Midwifery education is in transition in Australia. Courses are being implemented in the university sector at a time when there is increasing debate and concern over the provision of maternity services. The idea of women-centred midwifery practice is developing as a guiding philosophy for midwifery, in order to focus the activities of midwifery practice on the needs of the childbearing woman. In response to these issues in midwifery, the Graduate Diploma Of Midwifery (Griffith University) was developed and implemented with an underpinning philosophy of women-centred practice and a commitment
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Vuso, Virginia Zanyiwe. "Enhancing clinical preparedness of basic midwifery students: perceptions of midwifery educators." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/13204.

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Since the inception of the student supernumerary status, both globally and in South Africa, nursing and midwifery educators have been concerned about the clinical competencies of their students. Student clinical competency levels in South Africa are critical to midwifery practice, especially as most litigation against the Department of Health in South Africa concerns negligence in midwifery practice. In addition, the litigations mostly involve newly qualified midwives, thus suggesting a link with practice competency levels. Several challenges exist in the academic and practice environments reg
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Phiri, Wendy Augusta. "Perceptions and experiences of undergraduate midwifery students concerning their midwifery training." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6659.

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Thesis (MCur)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During the period 2006-2008 more than 50% of midwifery students at the college under study failed the midwifery training programme. The academic performance of students can be attributed to various factors, ranging from personal uniqueness and institutional aspects to the course content itself. Accordingly, this study aims to explore the perceptions and experiences of student midwives with reference to their training programme. The objectives set for the study were set to determine the perceptions and experiences of t
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Bale, Barbara. "A comparative study of caseload managed midwifery care and team midwifery." Thesis, University of South Wales, 1999. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/a-comparative-study-of-caseload-managed-midwifery-care-and-team-midwifery(580d8718-263f-4010-8914-ce59541327ec).html.

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Objective: To compare the efficacy, maternal satisfaction and midwife acceptability of caseload managed midwifery care and team midwifery. Design: Two midwives providing caseload care for 35 - 40 women were studied as were six whole time equivalent midwives providing team midwifery care. Women from each group completed questionnaires at set intervals. Individual interviews were carried out with the midwives and other maternity service providers. The key principles of safety (i.e. obstetric outcome) satisfaction, continuity of carer, communication, choice and control were the focus for comparis
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Garratt, Rosemary. "Connecting with women : the working lives of independent midwives and their perceptions of the mother-midwife relationship." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/9707.

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This study aimed to explore the lived experience of the working lives of midwives in the UK who practice independently of the NHS. It was designed to understand their motivations for working in this way and to explore their beliefs and values about midwifery care with particular emphasis on their perceptions of building and maintaining relationships with childbearing women. Hermeneutic phenomenology informed the methodology for the study and an adapted biographical narrative interpretive method (Wengraf 2001) was used for data collection. In depth qualitative interviews were carried out with t
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Blake, Jacqueline Diana. "Midwifery integration into hospital services." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ59495.pdf.

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Sosa, Georgina. "Midwifery one-to-one support in labour : ethnographic study of midwife-led birth environments." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2016. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/63941/.

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Background: This research is about midwifery one-to-one support in labour. One-to-one support in labour is associated with improved birth outcomes. Uncertainty exists however as to what it is that produces such positive birth outcomes. UK publications advocate the midwife to provide one-to-one support in labour, but research findings question their ability to focus entirely on women due to their medical, technological and documentation responsibilities. All of these studies were based within hospital environments and none were completed in the UK. This indicates a gap in knowledge concerning h
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Moore, Anne. "Pioneering a new model of midwifery care: A phenomenological study of a midwifery group practice." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2009. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/c1ec20c97ec4363469b02328dc65ba4dff9056fa30826fa9b06d89ff045d851b/2285618/65006_downloaded_stream_231.pdf.

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This study explores the essence of the experience of midwives working within a new midwifery model of care: A Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) and is one component in a quality assurance project to evaluate the new service. In March 2005 the Re-Birthing Report was released in Queensland. This report reviewed maternity services in Queensland and contained key recommendations and guiding principles which were subsequently endorsed by the Queensland Government. The Re-Birthing Report clearly articulates that maternity care in Queensland must change to meet the needs of women and families birthing i
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Hoffman, Bruce Lowell. "The cultural power of law : the criminalization, organization, and mobilization of independent midwifery /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8852.

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Holmes, Elizabeth Ann. "An evaluation of the Midwifery Development Unit service specifications, through the quality assurance model for midwifery." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295331.

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Carter, Amanda. "Measuring Critical Thinking in Midwifery Students." Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/376220.

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Well-developed critical thinking skills are essential for autonomous midwifery practice but strategies to develop these skills are often not made explicit in undergraduate education. There is a dearth of studies investigating the development of critical thinking in undergraduate midwifery students and no published tools that specifically measure critical thinking in relation to midwifery practice. This program of work aimed to evaluate and measure midwifery students’ critical thinking skills in preparation for autonomous midwifery practice. The thesis is presented as a series of published and
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Davies, Jacqueline. "Blurring the boundaries between midwifery and obstetrics : an exploration of the role of midwife practitioner in a maternity unit in Wales." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2008. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/blurring-the-boundaries-between-midwifery-and-obstetrics(40182058-a1b5-4628-961a-5a5d7ab92fc6).html.

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This thesis explores the newly established role of midwife practitioner (MP) and its impact on midwives and obstetricians in a maternity unit in Wales. MPs manage the care of women at high obstetric risk and carry out aspects of care, such as assessment, diagnosis and the development of management plans, which in the past were predominantly performed by obstetricians. This qualitative study employs a focused ethnographic approach and uses a purposive sample. Phase one consisted of seven focus groups, which were held between May and August 2004, with midwives (n=48) from maternity units in Mid
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Olsson, Pia. "Antenatal midwifery consultations : a qualitative study." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för omvårdnad, 2000. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-96903.

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Magill-Cuerden, Julia. "Educational relationships : a study in midwifery." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2002. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019239/.

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At its inception in 1902, formal midwifery training developed within hospital midwifery services. With the development of a theoretical base, training became education during the 1980s. During a period of economic and societal changes in the 1990s, midwifery education was incorporated into higher education, separating education from health service practice. There were consequences for midwifery education especially the structure of pedagogical relationships. This thesis looks at key sets of relationships in midwifery education between the three main groups of actors: academics, clinicians and
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Monk, Amy Rachel. "Evaluating midwifery units (EMU): a prospective cohort study of freestanding midwifery units in New South Wales, Australia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/13285.

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Objective: To compare maternal and neonatal birth outcomes and morbidities associated with the intention to give birth in two freestanding midwifery units and two tertiary level maternity units in New South Wales, Australia. Design: Prospective cohort study. Participants: 494 women who intended to give birth at freestanding midwifery units and 3157 women who intended to give birth at tertiary level maternity units. Participants had low risk, singleton pregnancies and were less than 28+0 weeks gestation at the time of booking. Results: Women who planned to give birth at a freestanding midwifer
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Harvey, Sheila. "The relationship between outcomes and midwifery models." Thesis, University of West London, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.512009.

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Robilliard, Gabrielle. "Midwifery in early modern Germany, 1650-1810." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2010. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/55878/.

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This thesis explores the occupational structure and culture of urban midwifery practice in early modern Germany between 1650 and 1810. Following the Thirty Years War many larger cities began to reform midwifery provision. They were motivated partly by depopulation anxieties and partly by burgeoning civic confidence and prosperity. In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century the Leipzig Council began to appoint midwife apprentices, introduced a municipal obstetrician (Stadtaccoucheur) to supervise its licensed midwives and carry out difficult operative deliveries, and began to provide
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Lehrman, Ela-Joy. "A theoretical framework for nurse-midwifery practice." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184546.

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The purpose of this research was to test the predicted relationships among a component of nurse-midwifery care, psychosocial health outcomes and other maternal psychosocial variables. The theoretical framework for the research was the Intrapartum Care Level of the Nurse-Midwifery Practice Model, a middle range theory. Previous nurse-midwifery research had been based on theories and models not specific to nurse-midwifery practice. A nonexperimental, correlational design was used, with measures in the last trimester of pregnancy and the first month following birth. The psychosocial variables mea
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Fannin, Maria. "Midwifery as mediation : birthing subjects and the politics of self-determination /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5619.

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Duffy, Elizabeth P. "Bottle-feeding mothers' experiences of coping in a pro-breastfeeding context : the case for a caring-options-responsive model of midwifery services." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2002. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/750.

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The original contribution of this qualitative study is that it sketches the front-line of the contested domain of infant feeding choices by exploring the under-researched experiences and perceptions of mothers who actively choose to bottle-feed their babies. Twelve bottle-feeding mothers in Western Australia participated in open-ended, in-depth interviews. The interview findings were further explored using participant observations of relevant hospital practices and critical, hermeneutic re-readings of midwifery's professional and policy documents. The thesis argues that bottle-feeding is margi
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Rattray, Janene. "A grounded theory study of midwives' decision-making: Use of continuous electronic foetal monitoring on low risk labouring women." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2006. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/010c47186c8b7d38e2c3a06ec2a8ebb7db6b0ca9bfa78129b7ef18ca85856b36/1452927/65059_downloaded_stream_284.pdf.

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Many midwives continue to use Continuous Electronic Foetal Monitoring (CEFM) on low risk women in labour, despite overwhelming clinical evidence that it is unnecessary. The use of CEFM on low risk labouring women has been linked to rising rates of medical intervention during labour and birth with no improvement in long term neonatal outcomes. This study examined the decision-making processes of midwives who used CEFM on low risk labouring women. Whilst a number of previous studies have examined various aspects of CEFM, none specific to midwives' decision-making and CEFM on low risk labouring w
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Gillen, Patricia A. "The nature and manifestations of bullying in midwifery." Thesis, Ulster University, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487401.

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Bullying in midwifery is a stark reality for many midwives, yet it is relatively unchartered and poorly understood. The aim of this study was to define and examine the nature and manifestations of bullying in midwifery. Literature on bullying in schools and other workplace bullying literature was reviewed to determine what is already known about bullying in the workplace. This study used an exploratory descriptive design and took· a mixed method approach in four sequential phases. A tentative framework took a timeline (before/during/after) approach. In Phase one, in-depth telephone intervie
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Burtch, Brian E. "Midwifery practice and state regulation : a sociological perspective." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26966.

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Midwifery practice in Canada is anomalous in that, unlike other industrialized nations, a distinct legal status for nurse-midwives and community midwifery has yet to be established. Despite this constraint, community midwifery has survived the lack of institutional support for home births and legal prohibitions directed against it the manner of State regulation of midwives is a central issue in this study. It is shown that the State shapes the possibilities of midwifery in a contradictory manner, promoting midwifery on the one hand, and prosecuting and restricting midwifery practice on the oth
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Hancock, Heather Ann. "Discovering opus - exploring creativity in midwifery and nursing." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2002. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phh2346.pdf.

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"June 2002" Bibliography: leaves 478-504. The aim of the research for this thesis was to enable midwives and nurses to express and explore their feelings, thoughts and perceptions about their roles, work and themselves as professionals through a focus on creativity. 227 nurses and midwives were involved in considering diverse perspectives of their professional practice and personal lives, and creativity touched a particular chord with them. The research included a critical history of nursing and midwifery over the last 25 years in Australia, a phenomenological study into nurses' and midwives'
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James, Susan Gail. "With woman, the nature of the midwifery relation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/nq21582.pdf.

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Butler, Michelle. "Definitions of midwifery competence : implications for professional learning." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2001. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11243/.

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This study explores the nature of competence required to fulfil the role of the midwife, learning to become competent, and professional learning beyond registration. The research was undertaken through a qualitative, case study approach, exploring competence as a phenomenon, as experienced by thirty-nine student midwives as they went through the final stages of pre-registration midwifery education programmes, were assessed to be competent, and took on the role of the midwife. The views of the thirty-nine participants of competence and of their own capability, development and learning, were com
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Harris, Tina. "Midwifery practice in the third stage of labour." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/3350.

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This thesis investigated practice variation among midwives during the third stage of labour. The study aimed to identify and explain the variety of ways midwives managed the third stage and to see if it was possible to identify midwife characteristics associated with different third stage management practices. Initially emphasis was placed on models of midwifery care in labour and the mechanism by which midwives developed expertise in third stage management. A qualitative approach was used based upon the principles of grounded theory with the constant comparative method utilised to collect and
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Surtees, Ruth Joy. "Midwifery as Feminist Praxis in Aotearoa/New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Educational Studies and Human Development, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1662.

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This thesis highlights the ways in which the practices of contemporary midwives in Aotearoa/New Zealand are caught within the intersection of an array of competing discourses. The context for this is the reconstruction of midwifery in Aotearoa/New Zealand as an autonomous feminist profession founded on partnership with women. Interviews and participant observation with midwives, based mainly in one New Zealand city, are the basis of an analysis of the complexity of midwives’ praxis as professionals. The analysis draws on insights from critical and feminist approaches to Foucault’s theories of
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Hollins, Martin Caroline J. "An analysis of social influence in midwifery practice." Thesis, University of York, 2006. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14088/.

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Fleming, Tania Dawn. "Enhancing Awareness of Cultural Safety Among Midwifery Academics." Thesis, Griffith University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/382674.

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This PhD aimed to improve awareness of Cultural Safety amongst midwifery academics. The provision of culturally safe educational experiences and learning and teaching practices are key strategies to improving the academic success of First Peoples students. This PhD thesis with publication is presented in nine chapters and consists of six manuscripts which have been published or are under review. The first chapter introduces the background, aim, significance, and an overview of the studies. Chapter two is presented in three parts. Part one explores the intersection between my PhD research progr
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Wier, Jacqueline Alyson. "Protecting the public : the current regulation of midwifery." Thesis, University of Kent, 2015. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/54351/.

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Throughout the 20th century, the regulatory frameworks that govern midwifery in the UK have grown, such that the current practice of midwifery and the provision of maternity care are now influenced by a myriad of regulation. Despite these controls there is little empirical data, especially in relation to the practice of midwives, which demonstrates the effectiveness of these systems and strategies. Whilst maternal mortality rates are at an all-time low, patient safety incidents still occur and claims of clinical negligence have continued to climb over the past thirty years. This raises the que
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Cornell, Peta Kathleen. "An exploration of midwifery students’ perceptions of clinical facilitators and experiences of clinical facilitation during midwifery clinical placements in Perth, Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89146.

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Clinical facilitation is a model of supervision for students during professional practice experiences, with little known about this important aspect of midwifery education. A qualitative descriptive exploratory approach with thematic analysis was used to develop knowledge and understanding of undergraduate midwifery students’ experiences with such supervision in Western Australia. Midwifery clinical facilitation was highly valued by midwifery students. Respondent insights and recommendations will be instrumental in further developing and enhancing midwifery models of clinical supervision.
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Sembou, Evangelia. "'Midwifery' and criticism in G.W.F. Hegel's Phenomenology of spirit." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323747.

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Chamberlain, Marie. "Factors affecting the acquisition of skills in midwifery students." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1993. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/factors-affecting-the-acquisition-of-skills-in-midwifery-students(3f4b4340-20b2-4c1d-b355-ef594c83e7b5).html.

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Gcawu, Luleka Patricia. "Factors affecting quality of care in a midwifery practice." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71815.

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Thesis (MCurr)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The midwives are the backbone of midwifery practice with needs and opportunities to create a tradition of caring in midwifery. However, there are problems that affect the midwifery practice. These problems include the increased maternal and perinatal mortality rate, shortage of material and human resources and poor implementation of policies and guidelines. The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that affect quality of care in a midwifery practice at a hospital complex in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
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Pitt, Susan. "Midwifery and medicine : discourses in childbirth, c. 1945-1974." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683128.

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Henshaw, Anne-Marie. "The midwifery statutory supervisory review meeting : fit for purpose?" Thesis, University of Leeds, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.699231.

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This thesis investigates the contribution of the midwifery statutory supervisory review meeting to the core function of the Nursing and Midwifery Council: protection of the public from unfit practitioners. At the outset of the study, the positive influences of . statutory supervision on patient safety and care quality were widely cited in policy and practice literature. Regulatory and local failings by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Local Supervising Authorities and supervisors' of midwives, highlighted across a number of systematic inquiries into the statutory supervision of midwives, mid
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Cullen, Miriam C. "Australian midwives' practice domain." Thesis, Curtin University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51.

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This exploratory, descriptive research used a case study approach to analyse the role of the midwife in providing maternal and infant care in Australia. Midwives from the states of New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia comprised the target population. These midwives were considered to be representative of the general midwifery population practising in the diverse settings of Australia.A triangulation of methods (Denzin, 1970) was used for data collection. This included observational field work, a questionnaire survey of a randomly selected sample of registered midwives (n=1754), and
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Mlotana, Pumla Princess. "Motherhood experiences of teenagers : a Xhosa perspective." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1019998.

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In South Africa and worldwide high rates of teenage pregnancy and motherhood remains a concern. According to Mkhwanazi (2010:349) most of teenage pregnancy occurs among poor black and coloured communities. The majority of these pregnancies are unwanted and unplanned resulting teenage mother experiencing problems with motherhood. The relationship in family peers and communities are adversely affected. Teenage motherhood seen as to be socially economically and physically delirious for the teenage mother and her baby. Teenage motherhood became a burden not only on the teenage mother but also to t
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Gholitabar, Maryam. "Why women do not adopt upright positions during labour and birth : an exploratory study." Thesis, University of West London, 2009. https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/398/.

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The position in which a woman births her baby is considered to be influenced by her social environment. The position adopted by a woman in labour has not only physiological stimuli but socio-cultural ones as well. Throughout the twentieth century women have been encouraged to remain in bed during labour and for the birth, which can be viewed as a position more convenient for the accoucheur, as this enabled easier access to undertake continuous fetal monitoring, intravenous therapy, vaginal examinations and to administer analgesia. A review of history however suggests today's birth postures wer
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Ólafsdóttir, Ólöf Ásta. "An Icelandic midwifery saga : coming to light : "with woman" and connective ways of knowing." Thesis, University of West London, 2006. https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1080/.

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The aim of this thesis was to explore storytelling of Icelandic midwives' working lives, in the period from the mid twentieth century to the present time. This ethnographic narrative study was designed with a broad perspective looking at birth stories of midwives as mine full of their knowledge to identify and uncover. Interviews were conducted with twenty midwives to collect birth-stories that represent the social and cultural world of childbirth and midwifery in Iceland, and theory was to arise inductively from the midwives' own telling. Furthermore, one focus group interview with six midwiv
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Hunter, Louise. "Supporting teenage mothers to initiate breastfeeding and developing a support intervention to increase breastfeeding rates in a vulnerable group : the importance of place." Thesis, University of West London, 2014. https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1057/.

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Background: Not being breastfed is internationally considered to have a lifelong impact on morbidity and mortality. In the UK and other developed nations, adolescent mothers are among those least likely to breastfeed and require additional support to do so due to their unique developmental position. Evidence indicates that many young mothers who intend to breastfeed never initiate breastfeeding or stop soon after giving birth, and there may be factors in the UK health system or wider society preventing the success of breastfeeding support interventions. These considerations led to a two-phase
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Kay, Lesley. "Engaging with the 'modern birth story' in pregnancy : a hermeneutic phenomenological study of women's experiences across two generations." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2016. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/15479/.

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This in-depth qualitative study considered how women from two different generations came to understand birth in the context of their own experience but also in the milieu of other women’s stories. For the purposes of this thesis the birth story (described as the ‘modern birth story’) encompassed personal oral stories as well as media and other representations of contemporary childbirth, all of which had the potential to elicit emotional responses and generate meaning in the interlocutor. The research utilised a hermeneutic phenomenological approach underpinned by the philosophies of Heidegger
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Cowan, Joyce. "Women's experience of severe early onset preeclampsia a hermeneutic analysis : this thesis is submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Health Science (Midwifery), 2005." Full thesis. Abstract, 2005.

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Martin, Kerstin. "The midwife as teacher : dialogue with and confidence in the woman." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79794.

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Midwifery care is often described as "woman-centred" and "empowering," yet the concrete or specific practices underlying this kind of care are not well understood. The study examined what midwives say and do in the process of care-giving during pregnancy, and how their care enhances clients' sense of personal competence and capability. Using qualitative methods, the researcher observed, recorded, transcribed and analyzed prenatal visits with nine midwives and their clients in Quebec birth centres. Findings revealed that relaxed conversation was a pivotal feature of the visits and primar
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Betts, Helen Joan. "A biographical investigation of the Nightingale School for Midwives." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2002. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/427100/.

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The thesis considers primary, contemporaneous documents and secondary sources concerning Florence Nightingale, her motives and experiences with the profession of midwifery. The thesis sets Nightingale within her family context and that of mid Victorian England, drawing on previous biographies, an autobiographical account (Cassandra), historical evidence and literature. The main events investigated take place following her return from the Crimean War and are focused on the work of Nightingale in relation to the profession of midwifery, childbirth, infection and maternal mortality, placing Night
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Lee, Lai Yin Irene. "The experience of pain in the context of childbirth for Hong Kong Chinese women : a longitudinal cohort interview study." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2017. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/21045/.

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Childbirth, the biggest life event for a woman, is a complicated process. Childbirth pain not only involves physiological sensations, but also psychosocial and cultural factors. In addition, the way the woman handles the pain is affected by the meaning she attributes to it. In order to understand the experience of Hong Kong Chinese women in terms of childbirth in general and childbirth pain in particular, and to learn the meanings attributed, a longitudinal qualitative descriptive study was conducted with the aim of exploring the experience and meaning of pain in the context of childbirth for
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