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On the Road to Collaboration: Nurses and Newly Regulated Midwives in British Columbia, Canada
Author(s) -
Kornelsen Jude,
Dahinten V. Susan,
Carty Elaine
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of midwifery and women's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1542-2011
pISSN - 1526-9523
DOI - 10.1016/s1526-9523(02)00424-5
Subject(s) - nurse midwives , nursing , medicine , health care , medical education , pregnancy , political science , genetics , law , biology
This study describes some of the results of a survey conducted shortly after the introduction of midwives as a regulated and publicly funded provider within the British Columbia health care system. The survey asked hospital‐based perinatal nurses about their knowledge and attitudes of midwifery and their experiences with midwives. Results suggest that nurses, for the most part, had a negative view of midwives and their practice and that inattention to the necessary conditions for interprofessional collaboration and positive interprofessional relationships have resulted in parallel practice between the professions instead of interdisciplinary practice.