Save the midwife
By: Joan Donley
Publisher: New Women's Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Auckland [N.Z.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Midwives; Childbirth; Maternal health services; Obstetrics
Description: "In this book ... Joan Donley explores what has happened to midwives and midwifery in New Zealand this century. She traces the takeover of childbirth by medical men armed with forceps and sedation and their relentless undermining of the statues of the midwife so that now the very survival of her profession is at stake.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.