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The best country to give birth? : Midwifery, homebirth and the politics of maternity in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1970-2022 / Linda Bryder.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 399 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781776711086
  • 1776711084
Other title:
  • Midwifery, homebirth and the politics of maternity in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1970-2022
  • Midwifery, homebirth and the politics of maternity in Aotearoa New Zealand, nineteen seventy - two thousand twenty-two
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.200993 23
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. Homebirth 1970s-style -- 2. 'Everyone should do it': Why choose homebirth? -- 3. Homebirth and maternity services 1970-1990 -- 4. The meaning of autonomy for homebirth midwives in the 1980s -- 5. 'A highly focused and effective campaign': Homebirth as a political movement in the 1980s -- 6. The 1990 Nurses Amendment Act and midwife autonomy -- 7. Midwifery autonomy and partnership in the 1990s -- 8. The politics of maternity services and 'shared care' after 1990 -- 9. The practice of midwifery and the 'midwifery model' in the 1990s -- 10. The new century: 'When things go wrong' -- 11. Maternity system under fire: The Midwifery Council's first decade -- 12. Research into maternity outcomes during the 2010s -- Conclusion: 'NZ - the best place to give birth?'.
Summary: "Is New Zealand 'the best country to give birth'? Historian of medicine Linda Bryder explores how New Zealand developed a unique approach to the role of midwives in childbirth in the 1990s, and analyses the consequences of that change for mothers and babies. The Best Country to Give Birth? traces the genesis of the 1990 Nurses Amendment Act, which allowed midwives to practise alone in the community, back to the homebirth movement of the 1970s, and explores the aftermath of the Act including the withdrawal of GPs from maternity care. In investigating the consequences of the reforms, it uncovers repeated criticism of services - and what were deemed preventable deaths - from coroners, commissioners for health and disability, other health professionals including some midwives, academic researchers, and parents and families. How and why does maternity care in Aotearoa differ from other countries? How has it shaped the equitable care of our mothers and babies? Why have critical reports had so little impact? This is a major historical account of an issue at the heart of our maternity care."--Publisher's website.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 618.200993 BRY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Issued 07/10/2024 A583434B
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1. Homebirth 1970s-style -- 2. 'Everyone should do it': Why choose homebirth? -- 3. Homebirth and maternity services 1970-1990 -- 4. The meaning of autonomy for homebirth midwives in the 1980s -- 5. 'A highly focused and effective campaign': Homebirth as a political movement in the 1980s -- 6. The 1990 Nurses Amendment Act and midwife autonomy -- 7. Midwifery autonomy and partnership in the 1990s -- 8. The politics of maternity services and 'shared care' after 1990 -- 9. The practice of midwifery and the 'midwifery model' in the 1990s -- 10. The new century: 'When things go wrong' -- 11. Maternity system under fire: The Midwifery Council's first decade -- 12. Research into maternity outcomes during the 2010s -- Conclusion: 'NZ - the best place to give birth?'.

"Is New Zealand 'the best country to give birth'? Historian of medicine Linda Bryder explores how New Zealand developed a unique approach to the role of midwives in childbirth in the 1990s, and analyses the consequences of that change for mothers and babies. The Best Country to Give Birth? traces the genesis of the 1990 Nurses Amendment Act, which allowed midwives to practise alone in the community, back to the homebirth movement of the 1970s, and explores the aftermath of the Act including the withdrawal of GPs from maternity care. In investigating the consequences of the reforms, it uncovers repeated criticism of services - and what were deemed preventable deaths - from coroners, commissioners for health and disability, other health professionals including some midwives, academic researchers, and parents and families. How and why does maternity care in Aotearoa differ from other countries? How has it shaped the equitable care of our mothers and babies? Why have critical reports had so little impact? This is a major historical account of an issue at the heart of our maternity care."--Publisher's website.

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