An Icelandic Midwifery Saga Coming to Light
Ólafsdóttir, Ólöf Ásta
Through the ages women have had midwives to help at their birth. This book is about an ethnographic narrative study conducted in Iceland, exploring midwives¿ storytelling about their knowledge experience and working life in the period from the mid twentieth century to the present time. During interviews with twenty six midwives birth stories were collected. The findings describe the core narrative which surrounds the act of "being with" woman"...