Women and Birth
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 3-8 , March 2008

A feminist history of Australian midwifery from colonisation until the 1980s

Received 18 October 2007 ,Revised 30 November 2007 ,Accepted 3 December 2007.

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PII: S1871-5192(07)00120-5

doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2007.12.001

Women and Birth
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 3-8 , March 2008