Sian Burgess, Papers relating to domiciliary midwifery and home birth, 1983—1992 (WWAT 2005/1)

Sian Burgess (White), 1982

Sian Burgess (White) practised as a domiciliary midwife (and later an Independant Midwife) in Auckland, New Zealand from 1980 until 2004. She trained as a midwife in the UK in 1974 and, following some practice in Guys Hospital in London, Sian practised in Thailand for 3 years. She started domiciliary midwifery soon after the birth of her first child in 1980 (Banks, 2007, p. 74).

Folder 1 Minutes and meeting papers, Domiciliary Midwives and Department of Health/Auckland Health Development Unit, 1985—1992

Folder 2 Minutes and meeting papers, Domiciliary Midwives Society (Incorporated)

Folder 3 Correspondence, 1985—1992

Folder 4 Home birth midwives and doctors meetings, 1983—1991

Folder 5 Access Agreements contracts and home birth transfer policy/guidelines, 1989—1991

1st International Conference on Home Birth, London, 1987

Location of holdings: Wise Woman Archives Trust (Inc.) at wwat.nz