| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
A comparision of birth issues in outback Australia and arctic Canada. Considers the implications of the evacuation policy, whereby expectant mothers are taken on a long trip to a large hospital for an impending birth, far from home and where their first language is not spoken. Shows that while the majority of Aboriginal women comply with the evacuation policy, many feel that the practice is undermining indigenous traditions and culture. This practice is at odds with the very system which aspires to help the new mothers and their babies by providing a high level of obstetric care. Distressed, the women often avoid the medical system, by hiding their pregnancy and presenting themselves at the clinics, in an advanced stage of labour. That way, they will not be sent away. In contrast, Inuit women in remote Northern Canada have stopped being evacuated for births because they now have a remote birth centre in their small town. Indigenous midwives have been trained locally, and they provide the benefits of both western medicine and their own culture |
| Notes |
Colour recording system: PAL ; Region all |
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'Produced in association with SBS Independent.' |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Linda Butcher ; editor, Robert Bull ; writers, Linda Rawlings, Jennifer Gherardi |
| Performer |
Narrator, Verity James |
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Includes participants from the indigenous communities in Northern Canada and outback Australia |
| Notes |
First released [Sydney] : Australian Film Finance Corporation & Jag Films Pty Ltd., c2002 |
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DVD |
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Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Childbirth -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Childbirth -- Canada.
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Childbirth -- Australia.
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Maternal health services -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Maternal health services -- Canada.
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Maternal health services -- Australia.
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Midwives.
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Obstetrics -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Pregnancy -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Women's health services -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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| Author |
Gherardi, Jennifer.
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Rawlings, Linda.
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James, Verity
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Jag Films Pty. Ltd
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Australian Film Finance Corporation.
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SBS Independent.
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| ISBN |
BR7572650 |
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