Price. 70 L.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The social drama of the marginalization of midwifery : responding to the closure of the Elizabeth Seton Childbearing Center / Colleen Bak -- Irish student midwives' changing levels of assertiveness and attitudes towards normality in childbirth during their two-year education programme / Cecily M. Begley and Margaret Carroll -- Does being 'with women' mean being 'with midwives'? How relationships between midwives affect their support for women's choices in childbirth in the UK / Katherine C. Pollard -- Yu duan practices : the significance of traditional postpartum beliefs and practices on women's health in northern Thailand / Pranee Liamputtong --

To be with child : a heuristic synthesis in maternal care / Terese Bondas -- The faces of child birth / Angela A. Baker, Sally A. Ferguson and Drew Dawson -- Motherhood and health : narratives of Southeast Asian immigrant women in Australia / Pranee Liamputtong and Lyndsey F. Watson -- Women, pregnancy risks, and birthing-related complications : conversations with traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in Nigeria / C. Otutubikey Izugbara and A. Sampson Brown -- Consumer participation and collaborative care and midwifery practice / K. Lane -- Midwives collection of client data within a new midwifery antenatal triage (MAT) model / Diane Wright and Robyn Nayda -- Dimension, dynamics and diversity : a 3D approach to appraising global maternal and neonatal health initiatives / Gaynor D. Maclean.