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It would not have been possible for me to write this book without
the cooperation and good faith of many midwives. Midwives prac
tising in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Ontario provided birth
records for the home birth study described in chapter four. Jocelan
Coty inspired this topic for my doctoral research, and provided
encouragement and support. Bob Ratner was a steady force and
friend throughout this research, as were Neil Guppy and Helga
Jacobson. Joan Anderson, Nancy Waxier-Morrison, John Hogarth,
and David Coburn also made useful comments.
Alison Rice and Elaine Carty have been stalwarts in rethinking
the nature of maternity and infant services. Stan Howard was a great
help, along with others active with the Midwifery Task Force of
British Columbia and the Midwives Association of British Columbia.
The Law Foundation of British Columbia provided funds for an edu
cational videotape, Midwifery and the Law (Simon Fraser University
1991). Many thanks to Keet Neville and Michael Doherty for their
efforts in documenting the midwifery movement.
I am deeply grateful to a host of people who contributed to the
research effort: Jean Lyons, Cheryl Anderson, Lee Saxell, Gale Lan
thier, Gary Brown, Bruce Arnold, Charlene MacLellan, Carol-Anne
Letty, Linda Knox, Vicki Van Wagner, Theo Dawson, Lauren Knob
lauch, Barb Ray, Lynn McLean, Lesley Biggs, Cecilia Benoit, Richard
Berger, Rampee Lidder, Nick Larsen, Jude Kornelsen, and Terry
Meindl. Maureen Gabriel, Debbie Nickel, and Azima Buell were
invaluable as research assistants in their careful attention to coding
birth records, proofreading, and updating various tables. Paul Wood
ward prepared several of the figures that appear in the text. Sharon
Rynders and Carla Hotel provided great help, including rescuing an
entire chapter that I thought was lost to the ethers.
Considerable information was provided under the auspices of the
Ontario Association of Midwives, the Midwives Association of British
Columbia, the Midwives Association of Saskatchewan, and the Mid
wifery Task Force of British Columbia. Representatives of the Inter
national Confederation of Midwives and the Royal College of
Midwives were also very helpful. I wish to thank the women whose
documented births provided a clearer basis for discussing the nature
of midwifery practice in Canada.
Carol Hird has been an inspirational companion who leads by
example with her work in support of midwives worldwide. She has
taught me how to burn the candle from three ends, not two. I wish
to acknowledge my daughter Leora Burtch for her understanding
during the writing of the book, and my parents Doreen and Aymer
Burtch for their encouragement all these years.
The research was supported in part through a doctoral fellowship
provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada. The council's assistance is gratefully acknowledged. This
work was made possible through the support of the Social Sciences
Federation of Canada, and the helpful comments of five anonymous
reviewers who read earlier drafts of this work.
Mary Lynn Stewart and Arlene McLaren deserve credit for their
encouragement and timely advice. I was very fortunate in having
Philip Cercone, Joan McGilvray, Ann Quinn, and other staff of
McGill-Queen's University Press assist with the development of this
book. Thanks to Kathy Johnson for copy-editing the manuscript. To
all the people mentioned above, and to others "between the lines" of
this acknowledgment, thanks for your support.

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London : McGill-Queen\'s University Press., 1994

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