Your friend needs to access Caroline Flint's books "Sensitive Midwifery" Heinmann Nursing 1986 Reprins in 87, 89. The ISBN is 0 433 10620 4; The other book "Community Midwifery - a practical guide" is co-authored with Mary Cronk - Heinemann Medical Books 1989 ISBVB 0-433-00017-1 They should be available through an inter-university library loan.
I can't believe the lecturer would expect information to be collected without providing some references, however, your friend might also try for a copy of TEAM MIDWIFERY FOR EVERYONE - Building on the "Know Your Midwife" Scheme - an article in the March 1989 Midwives XChronicle & Nursing Notes pp66 .... Writers were Julie Frohlich and Sally Edwards, both from St Luke's Hospital, Guildford.
Another important document around the time that Caroline was writing her books was "THE VISION - Proposals for the Future of the Maternity Services" from the Association of Radical Midwives - Printed by Spa Printing and Copying, Droitwich. I'm sure the Association of Radical Midwives would still have copies of their "Vision" available if you contacted them. I've lost my emai details tol contact them now, but someone else on this list may have it.
To quote from the introduction of THE VISION
"We have set out in A.R.M. to propose a new "Vision" for the maternity services in 10 years time. We recognize and applaud the strides our profession has made, particularly in the alst 10 years, but feel the crisis is far from over. Many midwives feel frustrated with the present segmented pattern of care (6,7) and find themselves feeling far from "practitioners in their own right" (8) Do these words sound familiar to you?
I was heavily influenced by Carolyn and some members of the A.R.M. who I met while attending an ICM in the UK and realising we were even further behind the 8-ball than the UK here in Australia set out to educate myself and obtain the experience necessary to feel confident as a midwife practitioner. I have never regretted my move out of the hospital system and into the community and continue to work towards having community midwifery with all the practitioners in the community team taking on their own case load as "best practice" here in Australia. That's why I support the Maternity Coalition and the wonderful women within it who also have the same vision of Community Midwifery Teams right across this country.
I agree with your thoughts about night duty. I spent two years straight on night duty early in my midwifery career and that is where I learned the most too ...
I had some great experiences with undiagnosed twins and breeches that stood me in good stead when I went out into my own practice.
The fact that the doctors did not want to get out of bed at night (and that was the time most babies were born before the days of "medically managed" labours and births) allowed me to get up close and personal with all the women who walked through our front door. I could not help but see the difference in interventions between women who laboured at home and only came into hospital when they thought their baby was actually arriving and the poor women who were admitted to await the onset of labour or to be induced.
I hope your friend (and you too) manage to find copies of Carolyn's books as they have been my inspiration when there was no one else to guide me. I think they should be included on the "required reading" list for every midwifery course in this country.
Good luck with your searching and gathering of new knowledge
Never refuse an offer of attending a labouring woman at night!
Jan
Jan Robinson Independent Midwife Practitioner
National Coordinator Australian Society of Independent Midwives
8 Robin Crescent South Hurstville NSW 2221 Phone/Fax: 02 9546 4350
e-mail address: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> website: www.midwiferyeducation.com.au
A student midwife at our rural unit needs info on the KYM scheme as devised by Caroline Flint. Specifically related to events in 1987. She doesn't know what event(s) in 1987 - it is a date mentioned by her lecturer. She doesn't have internet access at the moment so I volunteered to ask for her.
She is receiving a well rounded education at the moment - depending on one's point of view of course!
She and I watched over a primip's waterbirth last week of an OP baby who took 3 hours of non-directed pushing to emerge. Sunday night an asymptomatic primip had a seizure with a head on view. A week or so ago there was an intervention free planned term vaginal twin birth and two colleagues have had VBACS.! Night duty is definitely the time to experience everything midwifery practice can throw at you.
Thank you on her behalf for any info you can supply.
Wende ( at the coal face since 1972 )
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