Video: Developing Midwifery Skills: Looking forward to a Home Birth.Video: Developing Midwifery midwifery (mĭd`wī'fərē), art of assisting at childbirth. The term midwife for centuries referred to a woman who was an overseer during the process of delivery. In ancient Greece and Rome, these women had some formal training. Skills: Looking forward to a Home Birth Mark-It Television, 7 Quarry Quarry Cerynean stag captured by Hercules as third Labor. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Hall, 149] Cretan bull savage bull caught by Hercules as seventh Labor. [Gk. Way, Stapleton, Bristol BS16 1UP, United Kingdom, $59.95 for individual purchase This brief video is part of Mark-It Television's goal to produce a series of homebirth videos in conjunction with the International Home Birth Movement. This video was produced to gauge interest in the field of homebirth and is only for general discussion, not as a guide to homebirth. Sheila Kitzinger Sheila Helena Elizabeth Kitzinger MBE (born March 29, 1929 in Taunton, Somerset) is a British natural childbirth activist and author on childbirth and pregnancy. She is a social anthropologist specialising in pregnancy, childbirth and the parenting of babies and young children. narrates the video in her delightful style, sharing factual information as well as thought-provoking statements. She stresses not only continuity of care, but continuity of the "carer carer Noun a person who looks after someone who is ill or old, often a relative: the group offers support for the carers of those with dementia carer n → ," meaning that there's no change of personnel or her style of care. Through various visuals and interviews with health professionals, the video succeeds in introducing the topics of why a midwife MIDWIFE, med. jur. A woman who practices midwifery; a woman who pursues the business of an account. 2. A midwife is required to perform the business she undertakes with proper skill, and if she be guilty of any mala praxis, (q.v. would do a homebirth, what skills are necessary, how to work with others in the field, and the midwife's relationship with the family and children. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Kitzinger speak, as well as watching the footage of homebirths. The video, however, may not be able to stand alone. It certainly succeeded in presenting information that must be followed up with more in-depth discussion, presentations, or study. It also succeeded in piquing my interest in seeing the rest of the videos in the series. It did not, however, teach me too many new pieces of information. I do think that the producers of the video are using this as a springboard to produce the rest of the series and perhaps will accept feedback from the viewers. Overall, I would recommend this video to new or aspiring as·pire intr.v. as·pired, as·pir·ing, as·pires 1. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly: aspired to stardom. 2. midwives, not necessarily to help them address the issues mentioned earlier, but to get them thinking about whether they are ready to become a homebirth midwife. |
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