What is a 'normal' midwife?
When you look through job advertisements these days, there are many different titles for midwifery roles. From Consultant to Research & Development Midwife, breastfeeding specialist to Sure Start ... it makes me wonder what has happened to the 'normal' midwife. Last year (June 2001) we had a focus on Normal Birth--this time we are asking, what is a 'normal' midwife? What skills does she/he have? What does she/he do to keep things 'normal'? A clinical midwife, a researcher, an educationalist and a consumer give us their views.
Walsh
Dennis
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University of Lancaster.
Essay
Rosemarie
R
Hughes
Carol
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Davis
Cathy
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Beech
Beverley A Lawrence
BA
D002983:Clinical Competence; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000592:standards; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D024802:Nurse's Role; D006113:United Kingdom