Hi Susan,

I have very simple ideas at the moment. From the perspective of power and social ontology in relation to the subject of the ‘institutionalised midwife’ I’d approach it in a qualitative way so with a conceptual framework.
In a basic way using Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs as a theoretical framework it would be interesting to examine the midwife’s fulfilment of needs when working in a hospital setting versus working in a self employed caseloading setting. 
This is pertinent especially for the NZ setting where they are currently petitioning the government for greater pay however I believe it isn’t just the pay that is an issue. I left NZ case loading because I felt it affected my health, my family stability. Respect from others was poor and politically it constantly felt like we were under attack. So I never reached my full potential. 
In Australia I tried to return to the hospital setting however I found the lack of autonomy even down to deciding when to take my lunch break frustrating and I loathed the power and control so many mangers exerted over me.

As an aside, I was upset with myself because a few years ago I came up with a concept of adapting Maslow’s Hierarchy for pregnant women. I never followed up the idea and I recently read about some others that had done it. 

So in essence I’ve just come across an interesting reading and I was wondering where I could explore it further.

Thanks for taking the time to respond I appreciate it.

Warm regards
Pam Harnden

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> On 21 Mar 2018, at 7:11 pm, Susan Crowther (snm) <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi Pam
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> I have looked at social ontology in midwifery but not from a power perspective - I was wondering what conceptual or theoretical frameworks/underpinnings you were employing? I came to this through a hermeneutic lens. Happy to have a dialogue off this list.
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> Best wishes
> Susan
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> Date:    Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:07:59 +0000
> From:    Denis Walsh <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi Pam,
> Not to my knowledge but sounds like a great idea to expose our taken for granted assumptions about professional power and how it operates.
> Have a reference for this exercise examining 'the firm' if you want to email me off list.
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> Best wishes,
> Denis
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> Hi,
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> I wondered if anyone has any information.
> Do you know if anyone has looked at the social ontology of power in relation to pregnant women or in relation to the concept of institutionalised midwifery?
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> Regards
> Pamela Harnden
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