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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Main Author: Davison, Clare Louise
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77506
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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
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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