Midwifery in a new context: Expanding our reference points and embracing new representations of pregnancy and birth

Giving Birth to Another Child: Women’s Perceptions of Their Childbirth Experiences in Quebec

“…In Quebec, the profession of midwife, legalized just 20 years ago, was developed with a holistic approach (Gagnon, 2011), in response to a demedicalization movement demanded by women. To date, a paradigmatic opposition is in place (Davis-Floyd, 2001) between a more technocratic paradigm in hospitals (doctors–nurses) and a more holistic paradigm in birth centers (midwives) (Gagnon, 2011).…”

“…In Quebec, the profession of midwife, legalized just 20 years ago, was developed with a holistic approach (Gagnon, 2011), in response to a demedicalization movement demanded by women. To date, a paradigmatic opposition is in place (Davis-Floyd, 2001) between a more technocratic paradigm in hospitals (doctors–nurses) and a more holistic paradigm in birth centers (midwives) (Gagnon, 2011). Women also carry these paradigms themselves because they choose according to their beliefs (Benyamini et al, 2017) and they often have to navigate between the two, whether during their care or in their social interactions.…”

Parcours universitaires des sages-femmes enseignantes et directrices des écoles de sages-femmes en France : enquête descriptive

“…La France accuse un retard dans le nombre de sages-femmes titulaires de diplômes universitaires de 3ème cycle par rapport aux deux pays européens cités en comparaison [51] . Ce retard académique est également manifeste lorsque l'on compare le nombre sages-femmes françaises qui dirigent des travaux de recherche, par rapport à d'autre pays, qu'ils soient européens ou non, tels que le Canada, la Suisse ou la Grèce [53][54][55][56] . Plusieurs universités préparant à la profession de sages-femmes, comme celles de Central Lancashire (School of Community Health and Midwifery) [57] , ou de King's College à Londres (The university King's College London) [58] , disposent de laboratoire de recherche dans lesquels des sagesfemmes chercheures proposent et mènent des travaux relevant de leur champ de compétence.…”