Issue 49
Spring 1999
Theme: Bridging the Gap
Get in on the discussion about midwifery in the United States. Where is it going? Is everyone in this together or are different kinds of midwives becoming alienated from one another? How do we achieve balance so more women who might choose midwife-attended birth are better served? Issue 49 addresses numerous concerns from all corners of midwifery and offers some viable suggestions for bringing everyone together in the center. As well, a thorough look at the use of misoprostol (Cytotec) gives readers some very compelling things to think about.
Cover photo by Suzanne Arms, photojournalist, filmmaker and acclaimed author of Immaculate Deception. The photo is of a Jamaican hospital nurse and a tiny newborn premie.
Contents
- The Daughters of Time on the Paths to Midwifery—Barbara Katz Rothman
- Build Bridges, Not Walls—Alicia Huntley
- The Spiral Model—Marina Alzugaray
- Bridging the Gap Between Nurse- and Direct-Entry Midwives—Robbie Davis-Floyd
- Bridging the Gap: Cracks and Chasms—Judy Edmunds
- Eight Midwives: Balance in Practice—Sharon Glass Jonquil
- Midwives in Cyberspace—Alicia Huntley
- Misoprostol (Cytotec): A New Method of Inducing Labor—Jennifer Enoch
- Misoprostol (Cytotec) for Labor Induction: A Cautionary Tale—Marsden Wagner
- Straight from the Heart Mothering—Robin Lim
- World War II Birth Stories—Patty Kulju
- Is There A Right Way?—Marie Scott Brown, Linda Wheeler, And Polly Malby
- A Tale of Two Sisters—Sharon Glass Jonquil
- Prolonged SROM: Practicing Flexibility—Jill Cohen
International Midwife
- Uterine Massage: A New Profession?—Mary Kroeger
- Volunteering in Ghana—Harriet Kaufman
- Common Knowledge Trust: Supporting Tradition in Zimbabwe—Wintergreen
- Midwifery in British Columbia: Looking at the Big Picture—Heather Lee Hall
- Sensitive Midwifery Care—Paul Forde
Departments
- From the Editor
- Poetry
- Networking
- Tricks of the Trade
- Marion’s Message
- Question of the Quarter
- Journal Abstracts
- Media Reviews: including Paths to Becoming a Midwife and Understanding and Teaching Optimal Foetal Positioning
- News
- Classified Advertising
- Calendar Advertising
- Photo Album
International Midwife
- From the Editor
- Cards and Letters
- International News
