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The experience of being a traditional midwife: relationships with skilled birth attendants

Elaine  Dietsch

Elaine Dietsch

qualifications: PhD

position: Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health

Australia

Senior Lecturer in Midwifery at Charles Sturt University (Wagga Wagga in rural Australia). Key research interests: Midwifery, women's health, maternity services, traditional midwifery in Africa, qualitative research methods, violence against women, sexual assault. I work with women who have survived torture and traditional midwives in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Kenya in a voluntary capacity for 4 - 6 weeks per annum.


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