Western Australian Midwives’ Perceptions and Experiences of Being ‘With Woman’ During Labour and Birth

Being ‘with woman’ is an important construct of the midwifery profession and is included in philosophy statements of leading midwifery organisations globally. Despite its centrality, little research has been conducted to offer evidence around this phenomenon. A phenomenological approach was undertak...

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Main Author: Bradfield, Zoe
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75843
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description Being ‘with woman’ is an important construct of the midwifery profession and is included in philosophy statements of leading midwifery organisations globally. Despite its centrality, little research has been conducted to offer evidence around this phenomenon. A phenomenological approach was undertaken to explore Western Australian midwives’ perceptions and experiences of being ‘with woman’ in a variety of models. Findings revealed that while midwives perceived the phenomenon similarly, experiences were distinct to the model worked in.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-758432020-03-13T01:02:18Z Western Australian Midwives’ Perceptions and Experiences of Being ‘With Woman’ During Labour and Birth Bradfield, Zoe Being ‘with woman’ is an important construct of the midwifery profession and is included in philosophy statements of leading midwifery organisations globally. Despite its centrality, little research has been conducted to offer evidence around this phenomenon. A phenomenological approach was undertaken to explore Western Australian midwives’ perceptions and experiences of being ‘with woman’ in a variety of models. Findings revealed that while midwives perceived the phenomenon similarly, experiences were distinct to the model worked in. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75843 Curtin University fulltext
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Western Australian Midwives’ Perceptions and Experiences of Being ‘With Woman’ During Labour and Birth
title Western Australian Midwives’ Perceptions and Experiences of Being ‘With Woman’ During Labour and Birth
title_full Western Australian Midwives’ Perceptions and Experiences of Being ‘With Woman’ During Labour and Birth
title_fullStr Western Australian Midwives’ Perceptions and Experiences of Being ‘With Woman’ During Labour and Birth
title_full_unstemmed Western Australian Midwives’ Perceptions and Experiences of Being ‘With Woman’ During Labour and Birth
title_short Western Australian Midwives’ Perceptions and Experiences of Being ‘With Woman’ During Labour and Birth
title_sort western australian midwives’ perceptions and experiences of being ‘with woman’ during labour and birth
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75843