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| Kathleen M FahySummaryAffiliation: University of Newcastle Country: Australia Publications
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Reflecting on practice to theorise empowerment for women: using Foucault's conceptsKathleen Fahy
School of Nursing and Midwifery, University Drive, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308
Aust J Midwifery 15:5-13. 2002..In this way women's empowerment can be facilitated so that they are more likely to experience the type of childbirth they desire...- An Australian history of the subordination of midwiferyKathleen Fahy
The School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, The University of Newcastle University Drive, Callaghan, Australia
Women Birth 20:25-9. 2007..This is helpful when planning how these strategies might be matched or countered by contemporary woman and midwives when seeking to promote normal birth and midwifery models of care... 
Writing for publication: argument and evidenceKathleen Fahy
The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW2308, Australia
Women Birth 21:113-7. 2008..The elements of an effective scholarly paper are presented and examples given. The elements are the: question, thesis, introduction, body of the paper, conclusion and finally, an abstract...- Holistic physiological care compared with active management of the third stage of labour for women at low risk of postpartum haemorrhage: a cohort studyKathleen Fahy
The School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, Australia
Women Birth 23:146-52. 2010..Is 'holistic psychophysiological care' in the third stage of labour safe for women at low risk of postpartum haemorrhage?.. - Third stage of labour care for women at low risk of postpartum haemorrhageKathleen M Fahy
University of Newcastle, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
J Midwifery Womens Health 54:380-6. 2009..The existing research does not provide relevant and valid evidence about the effectiveness of physiological third stage care, as defined by midwives, for women who are at low risk of postpartum hemorrhage... - Writing for publication: the basicsKathleen Fahy
The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
Women Birth 21:86-91. 2008..Next, the skills of writing sentences are presented. Finally, the skills of writing paragraphs are discussed. Examples of poor and better writing are given in relation to each of these basic elements... - Including the nonrational is sensible midwiferyJenny A Parratt
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Women Birth 21:37-42. 2008..The inclusion of women's and midwives'nonrational ways of knowing in childbearing situations opens us up to knowledge and power that provides for a more complete, and therefore a more optimal, decision-making process... - Why do women continue to smoke in pregnancy?Lyn Maxine Ebert
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
Women Birth 20:161-8. 2007..This paper reveals that the woman's perspective has largely been ignored. Indeed health care professionals have attempted to manipulate women to stop smoking rather than engage in mutually respectful dialogue... - The problems with the validity of the diagnosis of brain deathDeborah Sundin-Huard
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales
Nurs Crit Care 9:64-71. 2004..If examination for 'brain death' is to be carried out at all, there needs to be an examination and re-evaluation of practices and protocols... - What do midwives need to understand/know about smoking in pregnancy?Lyn Ebert
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
Women Birth 22:35-40. 2009..This paper seeks to help midwives more fully understand smoking in pregnancy, particularly from a midwifery partnership perspective... - Birth Territory: a theory for midwifery practiceKathleen M Fahy
University of Newcastle, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
Women Birth 19:45-50. 2006..These benefits together with the reduction in medical interventions also benefit the baby. In addition, a positive Birth Territory is posited to have a broader impact on the woman's partner, family and society in general... - Enhancing nursing students' clinical placement experiences: a quality improvement projectTracy Levett-Jones
School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, and Gosford Hospital, Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health, NSW, Australia
Contemp Nurse 23:58-71. 2006..The success of this project, although impressive in the early stages, will depend upon ongoing communication and evaluation to ensure sustainability of the improvements made... - A feminist critique of foundational nursing research and theory on transition to motherhoodJenny A Parratt
Faculty of Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Midwifery 27:445-51. 2011..is using 'transition to motherhood theory' the best way to guide midwives in providing woman-centred care?.. - Critical, post-structural, interpretive interactionism: an update on Denzin's methodologyDeborah Sundin
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Nurse Res 16:7-23. 2008..They present modifications and adaptations to arrive at a methodologically robust research design called critical, post-structural, interpretive interactionism... - Trusting enough to be out of control: a pilot study of women's sense of self during childbirthJenny Parratt
University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Aust J Midwifery 16:15-22. 2003..Results illustrate how women are more likely to trust enough to let go of mind control and release control of their bodies when supported within a midwifery model rather than when cared for in the medical model... - Safety of the Stockholm Birth Center study: a critical reviewKathleen Fahy
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Birth 32:145-50. 2005..A more useful approach to improving maternity care provision could involve comparing multiple birth center sites with each other to find best practice so that it can be analyzed and duplicated... - Perceived journal quality: an indicator of research qualityKathleen Fahy
Women Birth 21:97-8. 2008 - Evidence-based midwifery and power/knowledgeKathleen Fahy
Women Birth 21:1-2. 2008 - Welcome to the first issue of Women and Birth: The journal of the Australian College of MidwivesKathleen Fahy
Women Birth 19:1-2. 2006 - Whose interests are served by the portrayal of childbearing women in popular magazines for women?Gabrielle Williams
University of Southern Queensland, Midwife Caboolture Hospital
Aust J Midwifery 17:11-6. 2004..This paper presents a single in-depth analysis as an exemplar of how childbearing is portrayed in popular magazine's for women...