Saturday 24 October 1987
Tape 1 (43:39 minutes)
Welcome address (Beverley Beech)
Why home birth? (Sheila Kitzinger) [Starts at 11:27 minutes]
Tape 2 (45:27 minutes)
What happened to home birth? (Dr Anne Oakley)
The significance of birth in our lives (Carole Eliott) [Starts at 24:59 minutes]
Tape 3 (31:43 minutes)
The baby’s experience (Prof John Davies)
Family-centred birth in the home (Lee Stewart) [at 16:21 minutes]
Tape 4 (29:01 minutes)
Why we chose home birth (Parents panel) [Please note: This tape is very loud at the beginning]
Tape 4a ( 5:24 minutes)
Mothersong Midwives
Tape 5 ( 59:59minutes)
Home birth today – an international perspective (Dr Marsden Wagner)
Is home birth less safe? (Marjorie Tew) [Starts at 23:30 minutes]
Where to be born (Rona Campbell) [Starts at 42:08 minutes]
Tape 6 ( 30:58 minutes)
Home birth in Brazil (Dr Lorena Araujo)
Tape 7 ( minutes)
Home birth in the modern world (Suzanne Arms)
Home birth profiles (International panel) [Starts at xx:xx minutes]
Tape 7a ( minutes)
The Farm Midwifery Centre (Ina Mae Gaskin) (1 side only recorded)
Sunday 25 October 1987
Tape 8 ( minutes)
Midwifery in Holland (Beatrijs Smulders)
Home birth & the identity of the midwife (Melody Weig)
Tape 9 ( minutes)
International midwives panel
Tape 10 ( minutes)
Home birth – a challenge to the profession (Dr Luke Zander)
What is the role of the obstetrician in home birth? (Mrs Wendy Savage)
Home as a model for hospital birth (Dr Yehudi Gordon)
Tape 11 ( minutes)
The way forward (Beverley Beech)
Campaigning for home birth (International panel II)
Tape 12 ( minutes)
The midwives’ vision (Soo Downe)
Preparing for home birth (Rahima Baldwin)
Tape 13 ( minutes)
The limits of hospital birth in the AIDS era (Michel Odent)
Womanpower for change (Janet Balaskas)