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Deborah Lee Davis1, Kim Walker
1Centre for Midwifery, Child & Family Health, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia. Deborah.davis@uts.edu.au
Objectives:
to explore the way that case-loading midwives in New Zealand construct midwifery (and in so doing, the concepts of woman and childbirth). This paper illuminates the fundamental features of this construction (continuity and woman-centred care) and discusses this with regard to the role of midwives vis-à-vis normal/abnormal birth.
Design:
semi-structured interviews and official publications constituted the 'text' which was analysed using a poststructural approach that was informed by theorists Foucault, Grosz and Braidotti.
Participants And Setting:
48 case-loading midwives practising throughout New Zealand participated in this study. These included facility-employed and self-employed midwives and those from rural and urban settings.
Findings:
many midwives follow women through their maternity experience providing continuity of care regardless of whether the experience is considered 'normal' or 'abnormal'.
Key Conclusions:
continuity and woman-centred care are fundamental features of the construction of midwifery in New Zealand.
Implications For Practice:
a focus on the midwifery concept of 'with woman' can bridge the divide between the polarising concepts 'normal' and 'abnormal' and enable a more fluid and dynamic reading of midwifery.
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