This article is the product of knitting together the collective knowledge of women in outport Newfoundland to gain a deeper understanding of the history of women healers. Highlights the special role of the midwife.
This article discusses the regulation of midwifery and white privilege. Explores how white midwifery can work to create an inclusive practice in order to provide appropriate care for a diversity of women.
Provides information for traditional midwives, traditional birth attendants, auxiliary midwives, professional midwives, nurse-midwives and community health workers to improve their skills, in clear language.
Looks at traditional Inuit midwifery techniques, education as a midwife, childbirth and the family, Inuit men and childbirth, traditional health promotion tools, and the displacement of Inuit midwives.