The Maternity Care System In New Zealand

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  • ニュージーランドの助産システムの紹介
  • ニュージーランド ノ ジョサン システム ノ ショウカイ

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There were almost complete medication from 1960's to 1980's in New Zealand and 99％ of babies was born in hospitals, so midwifery owned maternity homes declined. Women and mothers were unhappy with maternity service and also midwives were unhappy with their fragmented role. Midwives wanted to change the government policies. The 1990 Nurses Amendment Act enabled midwives to practice without medical supervision, provide total care from pregnancy test to six weeks post-partum. And also they diagnose for tests and investigations, prescribe drugs within their scope of practice, access hospital bads for their clients and claim the same fees as doctors. They could establish direct entry midwifery education. A pregnant woman should be new contract with LMC(Lead Maternity Career)and Being able to become LMC is midwives, GP(personal physician), an obsteetrician. 80％ pregnant choose the midwives as LMC. The pregnant woman can decide who takes care of after it gives birth and where the woman gives birth, and to who give birth whether help.

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