Women and Birth
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 3-10 , March 2006

Midwifery: “At the edge of history”

,Accepted 17 January 2006.

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 Keynote address given at the 27th International Confederation of Midwives, Brisbane, Australia, July 28th 2005 (edited version).

PII: S1871-5192(06)00005-9

doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2006.01.002

Women and Birth
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 3-10 , March 2006