Browsing Open Theses & Dissertations by Thesis Supervisor "Hunter, Marion"
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Concern and worry: The experience of nulliparous women choosing an elective caesarean section
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)Choosing an elective caesarean section as an option for birth is a contentious issue that has attracted worldwide attention. An increasing number of New Zealand women are choosing this method for the birth of their babies. ... -
A Daunting Journey: Accessing a Lead Maternity Care Midwife
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)One outcome measure of quality maternity care is the rate of stillbirth and neonatal death. To enhance health outcomes for women and babies in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health and the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality ... -
Keeping birth normal: midwives experiences in a secondary care setting: a qualitative study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2004)It has been said that within a secondary care setting, surrounded by medical influences, it is difficult for midwives to keep birth normal. This qualitative study has been conducted to answer the question: "What are midwives' ... -
The lived experience of being pregnant for women under the age of nineteen: Young and pregnant
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological research is to ‘show’ the lived experience of young pregnant women. The research question asks, “What is the experience of ‘being pregnant’ for women under the age of ... -
The Lived Experience of Midwives Caring for Women Facing Termination of Pregnancy in the Late Second and Third Trimester
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Termination of pregnancy (TOP), in the late second and third trimester, is planned fetal loss that is medically and socially complex, and has lasting consequences for women. In New Zealand TOP after 20 weeks gestation may ... -
Midwives’ and Obstetricians’ Experience of Place in Relation to Supporting Physiological Birth: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)National and international evidence shows that ‘place’ influences birth outcomes, but evidence is limited as to ‘how’. In New Zealand, there are significant differences in the rates of spontaneous vaginal births by ‘place’, ... -
What Works Well at the Interface of Midwifery Care Handover
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Midwives have the necessary skills to provide care during normal childbirth. There can be times however during the birth, when the woman requires an intervention, which involves secondary services. It is at this point, ... -
Women's experience of severe early onset preeclampsia : a hermeneutic analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)Preeclampsia is a complex, baffling and unpredictable syndrome. The condition affects the lives of approximately one in every twenty pregnant women. Most cases are mild but some are serious enough to threaten the life of ...