TY - JOUR
T1 - English midwives and the association of radical midwives
AU - Weitz, Rose
N1 - Funding Information:
Rose Weitz is Professor of Sociology at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287. This research was made possible by a sabbatical leave from Arizona State University and by ASU faculty grant-in-aid #431261. I wish to express my gratitude to Jean Donnison. Marianne Scmggs, and all the midwives who helped make this research possible.
PY - 1987/3/13
Y1 - 1987/3/13
N2 - Concern about the apparently shrinking role of the British midwife led in 1976 to the formation of the Association of Radical Midwives (ARM). This paper describes thc emergence and ideas of ARM. Comparison of ARM philosophy with the beliefs of a sample of English midwives reveals considerable support for ARM’s non-medicalized philosophy of childbirth and its specific proposals for systemic change. Few English midwives, however, consider themselves “radical midwives” or agree with ARM that their role has shrunk and training suffered. The conclusions suggest several reasons why English midwives’ support for ARM and its beliefs is limited.
AB - Concern about the apparently shrinking role of the British midwife led in 1976 to the formation of the Association of Radical Midwives (ARM). This paper describes thc emergence and ideas of ARM. Comparison of ARM philosophy with the beliefs of a sample of English midwives reveals considerable support for ARM’s non-medicalized philosophy of childbirth and its specific proposals for systemic change. Few English midwives, however, consider themselves “radical midwives” or agree with ARM that their role has shrunk and training suffered. The conclusions suggest several reasons why English midwives’ support for ARM and its beliefs is limited.
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U2 - 10.1300/J013v12n01_06
DO - 10.1300/J013v12n01_06
M3 - Article
C2 - 3577201
AN - SCOPUS:0023064651
SN - 0363-0242
VL - 12
SP - 79
EP - 89
JO - Women and Health
JF - Women and Health
IS - 1
ER -