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Midwifery Today Issue 49

Issue 49 - Bridging the Gap

Cover photo by Suzanne Arms, photojournalist, filmmaker and acclaimed author of Immaculate Deception. The photo is of a Jamaican hospital nurse and a tiny newborn premie.

Spring 1999 Theme: Bridging The Gap
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Contents:

9 The Daughters of Time on the Paths to Midwifery - BARBARA KATZ ROTHMAN
12 Build Bridges, Not Walls - ALICIA HUNTLEY
13 The Spiral Model - MARINA ALZUGARAY
15 Bridging the Gap Between Nurse- and Direct-Entry Midwives - ROBBIE DAVIS-FLOYD
18 Bridging the Gap: Cracks and Chasms - JUDY EDMUNDS
19 Eight Midwives: Balance in Practice - SHARON GLASS JONQUIL
20 Midwives in Cyberspace - ALICIA HUNTLEY
22 Misoprostol (Cytotec): A New Method of Inducing Labor - JENNIFER ENOCH
31 Misoprostol (Cytotec) for Labor Induction: A Cautionary Tale - MARSDEN WAGNER
34 Straight from the Heart Mothering - ROBIN LIM
39 World War II Birth Stories - PATTY KULJU
40 Is There A Right Way? - MARIE SCOTT BROWN, LINDA WHEELER, AND POLLY MALBY
42 A Tale of Two Sisters - SHARON GLASS JONQUIL
44 Prolonged SROM: Practicing Flexibility - JILL COHEN

International Midwife:

48 Uterine Massage: A New Profession? - MARY KROEGER
52 Volunteering in Ghana - HARRIET KAUFMAN
57 Common Knowledge Trust: Supporting Tradition in Zimbabwe - WINTERGREEN
59 Midwifery in British Columbia: Looking at the Big Picture - HEATHER LEE HALL
60 Sensitive Midwifery Care - PAUL FORDE

Departments:

1 From the Editor
2 Poetry
4 Networking
6 Tricks of the Trade
7 Marion's Message
8 Question of the Quarter
63 Journal Abstracts
64 Media Reviews: including Paths to Becoming a Midwife and Understanding and Teaching Optimal Foetal Positioning
66 News
71 Classified Advertising
72 Calendar Advertising
73 Photo Album

International Midwife:

46 From the Editor
47 Cards and Letters
62 International News

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