Starting Life as a Midwife: An International Review of Transition from Student to Practitioner

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
 ‘Birth of a Midwife: The Transitional Journey from Student to Practitioner’  (Allison Cummins, Michelle Gray)....Pages 1-17
 Belgium (Wallonia and Flanders)  (Geneviève Castiaux, Eveline Mestdagh, Marlene Reyns)....Pages 19-53
 Midwives in Brazil: Education, Regulation of Practice and Professional Association  (Nádia Zanon Narchi, Edemilson Antunes Campos, Dulce Maria Rosa Gualda)....Pages 55-72
 The Transition to Clinical Practice for New Registrant Midwives in Ontario, Canada  (Christine Sandor, Beth Murray-Davis, Meredith Vanstone, Corey Bryant)....Pages 73-94
 Ethiopia  (Annette Bennett)....Pages 95-105
 Midwifery in Germany: Practice, Education and Transition for Newly Qualified Midwives  (Marina J. Weckend)....Pages 107-122
 The Transition of New Midwives into Registered Practice Within Hong Kong  (Wai Lei Hau, Wai Ki Lam)....Pages 123-130
 Midwifery in Iran  (Esbati Anahita, Salehi-Rad Ameneh)....Pages 131-140
 Blooms and Mushrooms: Midwifery Experience in Jamaica  (Cynthia Pearl Pitter, Hermi Hewitt, Leila McWhinney-Dehaney, Dannette Williams, Iris Vassell-Murray)....Pages 141-153
 Embracing Life as a Midwife in Aotearoa/ New Zealand: Transitioning from Student to Midwifery Practitioner  (Lesley Dixon, Jacqui Anderson)....Pages 155-165
 Transition to Practice for Newly Qualified Midwives in the Netherlands  (Esther Feijen-de Jong, Liesbeth Kool)....Pages 167-179
 The United Kingdom  (Ellen Kitson-Reynolds, Alison Trenerry)....Pages 181-204