Spiritual Midwifery: Lessons for Our Future

Alys Einion; Dianne Garland; Jenny Hall

doi:10.55975/GGKZ6817

Spiritual Midwifery: Lessons for Our Future

Alys Einion
, Dianne Garland
, Jenny Hall

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For many midwives, Ina May Gaskin’s classic Work, Spiritual Midwifery, 1 offered an insight into ways of knowing and practising outside of the boundaries of medicalised maternity care. The book was radical in its time, being an exploration, primer and guidebook for practitioners that focused on out-of-hospital, holistic and spiritual birthing care, driven by a message of love. In this article, three midwives discuss the impact and messages of the book, and its relevance today.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-11
Number of pages	4
Journal	Practising Midwife
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.55975/GGKZ6817
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2025

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Maternity and Midwifery

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