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Editorial: Midwives need tenacity and hardiness

Abstract:

...It seems to me that we midwives and New Zealand midwifery are at a point in our history where similar qualities of tenacity and hardiness are needed to survive the slings and arrows of a harsh environment and to protect from erosion women's and midwifery's knowledge and ways of knowing about the processes of normal pregnancy and childbirth. The equity and economic issues related to the Section 51 notice are an example of how difficult the current environment is for midwives and women.

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