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Midwives' Tales: Stories of Traditional and Professional Birthing in Samoa
Barclay, Lesley, Aiavao, Fulisia, Fenwick, Jennifer, Papua, Kaisarina Tooloa
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Description for Midwives' Tales: Stories of Traditional and Professional Birthing in Samoa
Hardcover. The result of a ten-year collaboration between Australian and Samoan researchers and midwives, this book compiles the first-person stories of several generations of Samoan midwives, both those who use traditional techniques for home birth and those who use Western techniques in a hospital Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1MKPR; MQD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
The result of a ten-year collaboration between Australian and Samoan researchers and midwives, this book compiles the first-person stories of several generations of Samoan midwives, both those who use traditional techniques for home birth and those who use Western techniques in a hospital. The voices are vivid and varied, often displaying the Samoan gift for storytelling. The overall picture of changing birthing practices is complex and sometimes tinged with ironies. As the introduction says, ""These Samoan nurses and midwives did not immediately attempt to mediate new and old ways of birthing after the colonial leadership of their profession left. They ... Read more
The result of a ten-year collaboration between Australian and Samoan researchers and midwives, this book compiles the first-person stories of several generations of Samoan midwives, both those who use traditional techniques for home birth and those who use Western techniques in a hospital. The voices are vivid and varied, often displaying the Samoan gift for storytelling. The overall picture of changing birthing practices is complex and sometimes tinged with ironies. As the introduction says, ""These Samoan nurses and midwives did not immediately attempt to mediate new and old ways of birthing after the colonial leadership of their profession left. They ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Tennessee, United States
ISBN
9780826514967
SKU
V9780826514967
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Ref
99-15
About Barclay, Lesley, Aiavao, Fulisia, Fenwick, Jennifer, Papua, Kaisarina Tooloa
Lesley Barclay was Director at the Centre for Family Health and Midwifery at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, when this book was written. Fulisia Alavao is the head of the Faculty of Nursing at the National University of Samoa. Jennifer Fenwick is Associate Professor at Curtin University and the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women in Perth, Western ... Read more
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