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In this 1997 interview with Brian Edwards, Joan Donley talks about the early years of her nursing career, her activism, her move into domiciliary midwifery, and the tension between the ‘medical’ and ‘midwifery’ models of childbirth.
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Reference: RNZ collection, 36918
Image: Joan Donley, Save the midwife. Auckland: New Women’s Press, 1986. Photograph by Gil HanlyThis item has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. It is the responsibility of the user of any material to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.