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Table of Contents:

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Half Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• One: Homebirth 1970s-style
• Two: 'Everyone should do it': Why choose homebirth?
• Three: Homebirth and maternity services 1970-1990
• Four: The meaning of autonomy for homebirth midwives in the 1980s
• Five: 'A highly focused and effective campaign': Homebirth as a political movement in the 1980s
• Six: The 1990 Nurses Amendment Act and midwife autonomy
• Seven: Midwifery autonomy and partnership in the 1990s
• Eight: The politics of maternity services and 'shared care' after 1990
• Nine: The practice of midwifery and the 'midwifery model' in the 1990s
• Ten: The new century: 'When things go wrong'
• Eleven: Maternity system under fire: The Midwifery Council's first decade
• Twelve: Research into maternity outcomes during the 2010s
• Conclusion: 'NZ

• the best place to give birth?'
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author

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Author/Creator:

Bryder, Linda

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The Best Country to Give Birth?: Midwifery, Homebirth and the Politics of Maternity in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1970-2022 [by Bryder, L.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: The Best Country to Give Birth? [by Bryder, L.] (Chicago : Auckland University Press,c2023 — ISBN 9781776711086)

Subjects:

Midwifery — New Zealand

Maternal health services — New Zealand

Childbirth — New Zealand

Childbirth at home — New Zealand

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

RG967.5 .B79 2023

ISBNs:

9781776711178 (electronic book)
1776711173 (electronic book)

OCLC Numbers:

1412616948

Other Control Numbers:

EBC7374238 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp305890266