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The role of the registered midwife

Author(s) -

C.F. van Niekerk

Publication year - 1982

Publication title -

curationis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 2223-6279

pISSN - 0379-8577

DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v5i2.396

Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , power (physics) , psychomotor learning , psychology , nursing , medicine , business , psychiatry , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , cognition

What is specific about the role of the registered midwife, is that it is not specific. How could it be specific when: • every mother is unique • every labour is unparalleled • every baby is different • every situation is singular? Role descriptions differ because: • practitioner views do not coincide • authors disagree • time moves on • needs, statistics and values change. Roles are dynamic because: • technology demands increased intellectual and psychomotor development • humaneness demands affective and effective co-ordination of care • mortality and morbidity rates demand reduction • money, status and power demand quality

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