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Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 109-114 , August 2008

Securing the oral tradition: Reflective positioning and professional conversations in midwifery education

  • Diane J. Phillips, RN (Midwife), BApp.Sci., MEd., DEd. FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 9244 6119.
  • ,
  • Barbara A. Hayes, RN (Midwife), BA (Hons.), M.Sc., DNSc., FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • James Cook University, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 3 4781 5340.

Received 20 April 2007 ,Revised 24 August 2007 ,Accepted 24 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2007.09.002

Collegian
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 109-114 , August 2008