Je m'appuie sur l'économie politique féministe pour argumenter qu'il nous faut changer
notre approche. Au lieu de nous concentrer sur les structures du travail axées sur la …

This paper contends that there is no single definition of caring work, that it holds no intrinsic
meaning in and of itself. While in every human society there are work tasks that involve …

How should aspiring midwives be prepared for their role as caregivers? What do midwives
need to know? Who should teach them? Where should the education of midwives take …

Mastery of esoteric knowledge is one of the central features assigned by sociologists to fully
professionalised service occupations, together with an orientation towards public service …

Functionalist scholars have long regarded health service professions as enjoying special
privileges because of their pivotal societal function: quality care of citizens. Fusion of service …

When we think about the quality of care given to new and expectant mothers we tend to think
small—looking at client characteristics, professional-client relationships, or clinical contexts …

Changing Women, Changing History is a bibliographic guide to the scholarship, both
English and French, on Canadian's women's history. Organized under broad subject …

Scrutiny of health services in industrial democracies indicates that appropriate care for
citizens means different things in different places (Roemer 1991). This is the case even in …

This paper examines the history of midwifery in Canada, cross-cultural comparisons of the
status of the profession, and Canadian initiatives to legalize and regulate midwifery. The …

Reflecting their peers south of the national border (Conrad & Schneider, 1980: Freidson,
1986), over the past century Canadian physicians have claimed control over more and more …