Midwifery Matters Autumn 2009 Issue 122
Content
Editorial
Balance of Power Margaret Jowitt 2
Articles
Power, Places and Spaces Irene Walton 3
Words: Weapons of Mass Destruction Kate Lamb 7
Vitamin K: Informed consent? Zoe Grindley 8
Waterbirth: Is it a real choice Amanda Benko 9
Reclaiming a home birth Julia Edwards 13
Duty of Care: GBS home birth Lesley Price 14
Mary’s Story 15
Midwifery training in the 1950s Ishbel Kargar 17
Back to being a midwife Wendy Blackwood 18
My Homebirth Catherine Dobson 19
The Magic Mist Rosie Smith 20
Independent Placement Suzanna Hinchcliffe 21
Business
Yurt – 2009 22
Summer National Meeting report 24
Conference reports
MAMA conference 25
Legal Birth 26
Nettalk
Epidural debate 28
‘Had enough’ 30
News
Summer National Meeting 35