Profiles And Contributions To This Article
'Mind you, there's no anaesthetist on the road': women's experiences of labouring en route
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, collected data, supervised data collection, wrote the first draft, original concept
position: Research fellow; and senior lecturer
Australia
Senior Lecturer in Midwifery at Charles Sturt University (Wagga Wagga in rural Australia). Key research interests: Midwifery, women's health, maternity services, traditional midwifery in Africa, qualitative research methods, violence against women, sexual assault. I work with women who have survived torture and traditional midwives in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Kenya in a voluntary capacity for 4 - 6 weeks per annum.
qualifications: MEd
contribution: literature review, collected data, contributed to drafts
position: Lecturer
qualifications: MTH
contribution: collected data, contributed to drafts
position: Lecturer
Australia
qualifications: PhD
contribution: collected data
position: Professor
Australia
Margaret Alston is Professor of Social Work and Human services and Director of the Centre for Rural Social Research at Charles Sturt University. Her research interests revolve around rural social issues and issues of significance to rural women
qualifications: PhD
contribution: collected data
position: Director
rural nursing and midwifery mental health civilian and military nursing history qualitative methodologies
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