Being with woman: a creative-critical exploration of midwifery identity and aspects of the mother-midwife relationship.

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Being with woman: a creative-critical exploration of midwifery identity and aspects of the mother-midwife relationship.

This creative-critical thesis is comprised of two sections. The first section is a memoir, titled With Woman: A Memoir of Birth, Death and Midwifery. The second section is a critical commentary, ‘Telling Midwifery and Other Untellable Things Through Memoir’. In With Woman I reflect on my life, se...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Grace, Nicola
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English English
Published:	2024
Subjects:	Midwifery; Midwife; Birth; Memoir; Personal Narratives
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/78384/

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