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Extract: Labour of Love: A personal history of midwifery in Aotearoa

Author: Joan Skinner. Publisher: Massey University Press.

Warm, engaging and important, Labour of Love is a story of a woman at her work, holding together the complexity of living and the growth of skill and wisdom. It is a reflection on what it means to be a midwife and a story of the fundamental connections that are made where living begins.

August 2023 release

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