Delivering the ‘new’ Canadian midwifery: the impact on midwifery of integration into the Ontario health care system

This paper addresses the impact on midwifery of its recent integration into the provincial health care system in Ontario, Canada. Data are derived from participant‐observation, primary and secondary source documents, and key informant interviews. Based on these data, I argue that midwifery has changed throughout the integration process but it has also successfully resisted change. Specifically, the organisation of the midwifery community …