Calgary midwifery in changing times: how midwives and their clients define and manage their relationships

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dc.contributor.advisorMiller, Leslie J.
dc.contributor.authorField, Diane
dc.date.accessioned2005-08-19T20:43:39Z
dc.date.available2005-08-19T20:43:39Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 179-189en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores how midwives and their clients in the Calgary area understand midwife-attended birth as an alternative to a medicalized style of birthing. This study also investigates the notion of relationships of power and how, or if, these relationships are being challenged or affected by the regulation of midwifery in Calgary. It is based on 21 in-depth qualitative interviews with midwives, clients, and midwifery advocates. From these accounts, my findings indicate these women see midwifery style of birthing as a process that enables them to give birth in a manner which gives them control and power over their own reproductive lives. At the same time, my findings suggest that the regulation of midwifery has affected the relationship between the midwife and the client, and the birthing experience, in both positive and negative ways.en
dc.format.extentvii, 198 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationField, D. (2004). Calgary midwifery in changing times: how midwives and their clients define and manage their relationships (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18965en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/18965
dc.identifier.isbn0612933024en
dc.identifier.lccAC1 .T484 2004 F483en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/42387
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.titleCalgary midwifery in changing times: how midwives and their clients define and manage their relationships
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrue
ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1501 520492018
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
ucalgary.thesis.uarcreleaseyen
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