Acheiving Women Centred Care

with Heather Hancock

In this talk Heather will explain exactly what Women Centred Care is, what women can do to ensure that the care they receive is women centred and that the care being provided meets the individual needs of a woman and her family.

Heather has a diverse background in midwifery, private practice and practice change/development, midwifery education and research with experience in rural, remote and urban settings in Australia and overseas. Most recently Heather was responsible for the development of the Northern Territory Government Home Birth Service as well as planning a new model of practice for NT Child and Family Health and this year, for the development of Midwifery Group Practice at the Alice Springs Hospital. Heather has reviewed Aboriginal perinatal wellbeing and outcomes, and developed quality indicators for Aboriginal perinatal health. Research interests include woman centred care as a source of substantiation for midwifery practice. In 2006 along with Lareen Newman, Heather published "Better Birth" and has an extended range of other publications.

No bookings are required for this workshop.