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Forum report: Second national midwifery forum

Abstract:

"Issues in Midwifery Today", La Trobe University, Melbourne, 1991 What I learnt from this forum was that Australian issues in midwifery practice are not the same as New Zealand issues. My first glimmer of understanding came from the opening address given by a Director of Nursing. True, she was a midwife, and did talk about midwifery issues, but it all seemed to be under the umbrella of nursing. When she talked about the changes in the delivery of health care, and of how the community were being "aggressively consulted", it was all attributed to Government involvement. There was certainly no mention of midwives and women working together as the catalyst for change.

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