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Meeting the needs of rural and regional families: Educating midwives
CollegianVol. 19Issue 4p187–188Published in issue: December, 2012- Lee Stewart
- Ros Lock
- Karyn Bentley
- Vicki Carson
Cited in Scopus: 8Recent claims that Australian midwifery is at a crossroads (Newhnam, 2010), and related debate centred upon women-centred versus medical models of care, requires urgent attention to ensure the future of midwifery practice. Less apparent in the public sphere is a current move by some Universities away from postgraduate midwifery programs in favour of direct entry undergraduate programs, alongside the Australian College of Midwives’ apparent criticism of the alternative undergraduate model of joint Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery undergraduate degrees.
