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WORKING AS A COORDINATOR MIDWIFE IN
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My perspectives of partnership in t
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Summary ...........................
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Attestation of Authorship I hereby
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Abstract This phenomenological stud
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is deemed by the midwife manager wh
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pregnancy and childbirth experience
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The Department of Labour (2006) rep
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secondary midwifery care” (p.11).
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DHB coordinators is how they embrac
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No national or international resear
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Methodology Why phenomenology? The
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change” (p.157). To this end, I a
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holding my daughter at birth to bre
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My Pre-understandings Interview Eve
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come to work, how do they manage on
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midwife, whilst ensuring safe pract
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‘unknowing’ resulted in tension
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Summary My pre-understandings revea
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entitled; The Luxury of Time, ‘Th
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The Realities of the Tertiary Deliv
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New Zealand perspectives of seconda
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hospital. Their objective was to ra
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provide an increased opportunity fo
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whereas now when she responds to ca
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The ‘Emotion Work’ and the ‘S
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unrecognized and may be conducive t
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demands, job resources and their di
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midwife, representing “working th
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the sense of value nurses attribute
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of a consultant is described by Isa
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in a sustained way and are not inte
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following accepted procedures” (p
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same. This reveals the variance in
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subconscious, becomes the basis for
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CHAPTER THREE Research Methodology
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What is a phenomenon? Heidegger (19
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new meaning and truth. An added dim
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space, things, the body and others
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Participant Recruitment My workplac
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Anonymity and Confidentiality For m
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Interview venue Participants chose
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Two coordinators knew what they wan
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I made tentative notes about themes
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Literature research I delved into a
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Geanellos (1998) offers alternative
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Summary In this chapter, I have ide
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Irene explains: Being the coordinat
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I work, the difficulty is the staff
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weather storms better than others j
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for her as coordinator. This story
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An anonymous quote is cited by Mall
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which reflects on the colleagues sh
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Alice explains what it feels like f
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Alice reveals she has to subconscio
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Irene reveals there are different r
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egarding this overspill or emotiona
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professional supervision” (p.13).
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Summary This chapter reveals how co
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CHAPTER FIVE Time as lived The cloc
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eveals her interpretation of what i
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We had a woman needing to go for a
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herself desperately trying to engag
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Sally offers a story with a differe
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subsequent three ‘nightmare’ ad
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- Page 201 and 202: GLOSSARY Coordinator/Charge midwife
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- Page 211 and 212: Kennedy, H. P. (2002). The midwife
- Page 213 and 214: Ministry of Health. (2002). Notice
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- Page 219 and 220: Van Manen, M. (2007). Phenomenology
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