> Dear Billie
> My name is Judy Purkis and I am a lecturer in Women's Health Studies at
> UCE
> in Bimingham. I have just completed a Masters dissertation in Continuing
> Education at Warwick University. My topic area was 'authoritative
> knowledge' in Childbirth, concentrating on the delivery experience. I
> wanted
> to know what counts as knowledge, who 'knows' what and is women's knowing
> at all controlled or circumscribed. Naturally this took me into the realms
> of women's, midwifery and medical discourse. I'm considering pursuing the
> area for doctoral studies so if I can be of any help or if you come across
> anything that you think would be of interest just drop me a line
> Good luck
>
> Judy Purkis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Judy Purkis [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 12:39 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Introduction and request
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hunter, Billie [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 10:12 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Introduction and request
> >
> > As a result of my research into midwives' emotion work, I have become
> > interested in knowledge - whose knowledge is valued and why. Please can
> > you
> > put the reference for Firlej and Hellens Knowledge Elicitation Process
> > onto
> > the list, as I hav enot come across this work.
> >
> > Many thanks
> > Billie Hunter
> >
> > ----------
> > From: Susan Burvill <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Introduction and request
> > Date: 10 March 2000 22:23
> >
> > Dear Colleagues
> > I have been on the list for many months but not actually introduced
> > myself
> > I am Susan Burvill, I practice as an Independent midwife in South London
> > and at present I am doing an MSc at Surrey University in Advanced
> > Clinical Practice (Midwifery).
> > My particular interests surround the re-discovery and develpment of a
> > clear midwifery discourse which is distinctly separate from the
> > biomedical discourse now so ubiquitous in women's health and childbirth.
> > For my final MSc dissertation I am focussing on the midwifery diagnosis
> > of labour onset. In order to tease out and explore the 'midwifery
> > expertise' I will conduct serial indepth interviews with two experienced
> > midwives along the lines of Firlej and Hellens 'Knowledge Elicitation'
> > process.
> > Has anyone read or heard of this approach used to explore midwifery
> > knowledge? I have found none so far.
> > I would also be interested on any refs pertaining to labour onset
> > diagnosis, there appears surprisingly little in the data bases and
> > journals that I have reviewed.
> > I look forward to any leads
> > Thanks in advance
> > Susan
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