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On the Edge: Midwifery and the Art of Knowing

Abstract:

Paper presented at NZCOM Conference 1996. The theme of the 1996 conference is "The Balance of Intuition and Research" and when I first heard it, it set me thinking about another theme which becomes a part of the life of a midwife and this is the concept of 'not knowing'. What I want to do in my paper is explore that idea using some examples from my own midwifery practice and my career. I want to look at the need for midwives to develop abilities which can assist them to adapt to working in a profession that deals with the life process of a woman going through a profound experience of the birth of a baby; doing it over and over and over again with each individual woman that they care for, with all her individual circumstances - not only her social environment but more importantly her intrapsychic process and her changing relationships with those around her.

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internal reflection, relationship between midwifery and society