Looking Back and Moving Forward: A History and Discussion of Privately Practising Midwives in Western Australia
The aim of this historical narrative research study was to fill a gap in the literature by investigating, analysing and describing the history of privately practising midwives in Western Australia (WA) from colonisation to the present day (approximately 1830-2018). This study embedded within a natur...
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| author | Davison, Clare Louise |
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| description | The aim of this historical narrative research study was to fill a gap in the literature by investigating, analysing and describing the history of privately practising midwives in Western Australia (WA) from colonisation to the present day (approximately 1830-2018). This study embedded within a naturalistic, feminist paradigm analysed oral history interviews from fifteen midwives and three doctors, and archival documents to reconstruct the history, and explore the experiences of privately practising midwives in WA. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-775062020-01-07T01:24:03Z Looking Back and Moving Forward: A History and Discussion of Privately Practising Midwives in Western Australia Davison, Clare Louise The aim of this historical narrative research study was to fill a gap in the literature by investigating, analysing and describing the history of privately practising midwives in Western Australia (WA) from colonisation to the present day (approximately 1830-2018). This study embedded within a naturalistic, feminist paradigm analysed oral history interviews from fifteen midwives and three doctors, and archival documents to reconstruct the history, and explore the experiences of privately practising midwives in WA. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77506 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Davison, Clare Louise Looking Back and Moving Forward: A History and Discussion of Privately Practising Midwives in Western Australia |
| title | Looking Back and Moving Forward: A History and Discussion of Privately Practising Midwives in Western Australia |
| title_full | Looking Back and Moving Forward: A History and Discussion of Privately Practising Midwives in Western Australia |
| title_fullStr | Looking Back and Moving Forward: A History and Discussion of Privately Practising Midwives in Western Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Looking Back and Moving Forward: A History and Discussion of Privately Practising Midwives in Western Australia |
| title_short | Looking Back and Moving Forward: A History and Discussion of Privately Practising Midwives in Western Australia |
| title_sort | looking back and moving forward: a history and discussion of privately practising midwives in western australia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77506 |