Midwives in Passage
The Modernisation of Maternity Care
- Publisher
- ISER Books
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1991
- Category
- Gender Studies
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780919666702
- Publish Date
- Jan 1991
- List Price
- $27.95
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Description
Midwives in Passage provides a unique look at the organization of midwifery from the vantage point of several generations of midwives in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Benoit explores the social factors that undermine or enhance midwives' control over their education and practice, and calls into question both traditional and recent assumptions concerning professionalism for female service workers.
About the author
Cecilia Benoit is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Victoria.
