midwifery - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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Ethics in Midwifery

Book by Shirley R Jones, Andrew Symon; Mosby, 2000

Subjects:

Midwifery--Moral And Ethical Aspects--Great Britain

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

This book examines the principles and realities of ethics in midwifery practice today. It explains basic ethical theory, looking at how dilemmas occur and the ethical bases on which conflicts can be resolved. Through a series of case studies, options and issues for consideration are reviewed ...
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This book examines the principles and realities of ethics in midwifery practice today. It explains basic ethical theory, looking at how dilemmas occur and the ethical bases on which conflicts can be resolved. Through a series of case studies, options and issues for consideration are reviewed, particularly in areas of increasing concern and debate such as confidentiality, autonomy, screening, abortion, assisted conception and withholding treatment. This book is valuable to all students and practicing midwives who need to understand the principles and practice of ethics, especially how to apply ethical thought and action in their own day-to-day work.
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Birth by Design: Pregnancy, Maternity Care, and Midwifery in North America and Europe

Book by Raymond Devries, Sirpa Wrede, Edwin Van Teijlingen, Cecilia Benoit; Routledge, 2001

Subjects:

Maternal Health Services--Europe, Maternal Health Services--North America

Collections: Entire Library

This collection of essays contains leading research in maternity care from Europe, the United States and Canada to discuss systems of care for pregnancy and childbirth. Birth By Design focuses on the practical side of 'good' social science and 'feminist friendly' research. This is a ...
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This collection of essays contains leading research in maternity care from Europe, the United States and Canada to discuss systems of care for pregnancy and childbirth. Birth By Design focuses on the practical side of 'good' social science and 'feminist friendly' research. This is a ground-breaking work that looks not only at maternity, but also the act of childbirth.
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Midwifery and Medicine in Early Modern France: Louise Bourgeois

Book by Wendy Perkins; University of Exeter Press, 1996

Subjects:

Boursier, Louise Bourgeois--Ca. 1563-1636, Obstetrics--France--History--17th Century

Collections: Entire Library

Midwifery and Medicine in Early Modern France Louise Bourgeois Midwifery and Medicine in Early Modern France Louise Bourgeois...thinking or her contribution to the advancement of midwifery. This study of Bourgeoiss work will, in Chapter 2...
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Men and Maternity

Book by Rosemary Mander; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

Childbirth--History, Childbirth--Social Aspects, Fatherhood--Social Aspects, Fathers--Attitudes, Fathers--Psychology, Men--Attitudes, Midwifery--History, Obstetrics--History

Collections: Entire Library

Men are now much more involved in childbearing, both as medical practitioners and as partners. This book traces the increase of male involvement in childbearing and considers the benefits or otherwise of male participation.
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Midwives and Safer Motherhood

Book by Susan F. Murray; Mosby, 1996

Subjects:

Maternal Health Services, Midwives

Collections: Entire Library

MIDWIVES AND SAFER MOTHERHOOD draws its title from the Safe Motherhood Initiative (WHO, UNFPA, World Bank, 1987). This book provides a unique insight into the ways in which midwives may be involved in the achievement of safer motherhood, especially a reduction in maternal mortality and morbidity ...
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MIDWIVES AND SAFER MOTHERHOOD draws its title from the Safe Motherhood Initiative (WHO, UNFPA, World Bank, 1987). This book provides a unique insight into the ways in which midwives may be involved in the achievement of safer motherhood, especially a reduction in maternal mortality and morbidity. Divided into four key areas, it explores: Research for Safer Motherhood, Midwives' Changing Roles, Midwifery Education, and The Midwifery Profession Internationally. The international team of contributors offers a rich and varied perspective on the changing role of midwives worldwide.
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African American Midwifery in the South: Dialogues of Birth, Race, and Memory; from Midwives to Medicine: The Birth of American Gynecology

Journal article by Judy Barrett Litoff; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 69, 2003

Subjects:

African American Midwifery in the South: Dialogues of Birth, Race, and Memory (Book), From Midwives to Medicine: The Birth of American Gynecology (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

African American Midwifery in the South: Dialogues of Birth, Race...address issues that led to the decline of midwifery in the United States. However, the...examine the demise of African American midwifery in Virginia during the first half of...
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Occupational Licensing of a Credence Good: The Regulation of Midwifery

Journal article by A. Frank Adams III, Robert B. Ekelund Jr., John D. Jackson; Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 69, 2003

Subjects:

Midwifery--Licenses, Midwifery--Prices and rates, Midwifery--Supply and demand

Collections: Entire Library

...of a credence good: the regulation of midwifery. by A. Frank Adams III , Robert...to practice" (Rottenberg 1980, p. 2). Midwifery is most certainly among the oldest occupations...registered nurse with advanced training in midwifery who possesses evidence of certification...
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Sheryl Nestel, Obstructed Labour: Race and Gender in the Re-emergence of Midwifery

Journal article by Rachel Westfall; Canadian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 32, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Obstructed Labour: Race and Gender in the Re-Emergence of Midwifery (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Race and Gender in the Re-emergence of Midwifery. by Rachel Westfall Sheryl...Race and Gender in the Re-Emergence of Midwifery. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2006, 200 pp. The recreation of midwifery in Ontario and its integration into...
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Mad Midwifery: Bringing Theory, Doctrine, and Practice to Life

Journal article by Barbara Bennett Woodhouse; Michigan Law Review, Vol. 91, 1993

Subjects:

Law, Law Reviews--Michigan

Collections: Entire Library

MAD MIDWIFERY: BRINGING THEORY, DOCTRINE, AND PRACTICE...thinking about teaching, that I will label "midwifery" but that others might characterize...others lives. IV. THE MADNESS IN MIDWIFERY Now comes the madness to my method...
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`I Wyl Wright of Women Prevy Sekenes': Imagining Female Literacy and Textual Communities in Medieval and Early Modern Midwifery Manuals

Journal article by Jennifer Wynne Hellwarth; Critical Survey, Vol. 14, 2002

Subjects:

English literature, 1485-1603 (English Renaissance period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literacy--Social aspects, Women

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Communities in Medieval and Early Modern Midwifery Manuals. by Jennifer Wynne Hellwarth...birth communities, and is most evident in midwifery, obstetrical, and gynecological manuals...culturally valuable. Specifically, midwifery manuals indicate the gendering of literacy...

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Midwifery's Rebirth: The Government Discourages Midwifery despite Its Impressive Record

Magazine article by Archie Brodsky; National Review, Vol. 49, August 11, 1997

Subjects:

Midwives--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Entire Library

Midwiferys Rebirth: The Government Discourages Midwifery despite Its Impressive Record. by Archie Brodsky...coverage received by the study portended a growing role for midwifery in todays cost-conscious health-care environment. Yet...
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Goodbye, Lady with the Lamp

Magazine article by Theodore Dalrymple; New Statesman, Vol. 131, November 25, 2002

Subjects:

Bureaucracy--Standards, Business communication--Standards, Civil service--Officials and employees, Civil service--Standards, Civil service--Training

Collections: Entire Library

...practitioner registration by the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council. A nurse in training kindly drew...impossible. After all, the Nursing and Midwifery Council sets the tone of the nursing...nursing profession to the Nursing and Midwifery Council is thus rather like entrusting...
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Letters

Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 49, October 1999

Collections: History, Entire Library

...abortion only became illegal at the beginning of the nineteenth century, it had long been illegal. For example, Observation on Midwifery by P. Willoughby (1596-1685) stated that a young woman was sentenced and hanged because she had aborted. The judge was convinced...
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Medical Monopoly: Protecting Consumers or Limiting Competition?

Magazine article by Sue A. Blevins; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 126, January 1998

Subjects:

Health care industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Health occupations licensing boards--Social aspects, Medical care--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Entire Library

...nonphysician health care providers: Midwifery. Thirty-six states restrict or outright prohibit the practice of lay midwifery. Consequently, a mere five percent...in Europe. Americans low usage of midwifery does not correlate with high-quality...
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Our Triumph in Zimbabwe

Magazine article by William F. Buckley Jr.; National Review, Vol. 37, April 5, 1985

Subjects:

Civil war--Zimbabwe, Mugabe, Robert--Public opinion, Zimbabwe--Public opinion

Collections: Entire Library

...Secretary General of NATO, was introduced before a distinguished audience as a diplomat whose crowning achievement was the midwifery of the state of zimbabwe, which was called Rhodesia before the so-called Lancaster House Agreement of 1979. Really, to hail...

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The Truth about Midwives A Midwifery Group's 1,000th Baby Shows Midwives Are Here to Stay, and Mothers-to-Be and Hospitals Alike Are Welcoming Them with Open Arms

Newspaper article by Kathryn Grondin; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 28, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

The Truth about Midwives A Midwifery Groups 1,000th Baby Shows Midwives...not just for the Zinks but for the midwifery group for which Donaldson works...best of both worlds: You have the midwifery approach that recognizes birth is...
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Hospital Loses Midwifery Birth Services

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), December 9, 2005

Subjects:

Sacred Heart Medical Center

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Hospital Loses Midwifery Birth Services. Byline: Tim Christie...deliveries at the Springfield hospital. The midwifery practice that worked at McKenzie-Willamette...not because there isnt support for midwifery," said Monji, herself an obstetrician...
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PeaceHealth Plans Midwifery Center near RiverBend

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), October 3, 2008

Subjects:

Nursing

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

PeaceHealth Plans Midwifery Center near RiverBend. Byline...break ground in about a month on a new midwifery center near Sacred Heart Medical Center...will replace the existing nursing midwifery birth center operated for years by...
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Passers of the Licensure Exams for Midwifery

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 17, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Passers of the Licensure Exams for Midwifery. The Top 10 examinees are Catherine de Guzman Torio, 89.10 percent; RuviAnn Dumaplin Tan, 88.95; Catherine Tabia Allona, 88...
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Passers of the Licensure Exams for Midwifery

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 21, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Passers of the Licensure Exams for Midwifery. The Top 10 examinees are Catherine de Guzman Torio, 89.10 percent; RuviAnn Dumaplin Tan, 88.95; Catherine Tabia Allona, 88...

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Midwifery

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

MIDWIFERY mid wi f re, art of assisting at childbirth. The term midwife for centuries referred to...practitioners became more prevalent, these requirements extended also to women still engaged in midwifery. At this time professional schools of midwifery were established in Europe. Midwifery was only recognized as an important branch of medicine...
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Shippen, William, Jr

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...SHIPPEN, WILLIAM, JR. 1736 1808, American surgeon, b. Philadelphia, M.D. Edinburgh, 1761. A pioneer lecturer on anatomy and midwifery, he was instrumental in the organization (1765) at the College of Philadelphia (later the Univ. of Pennsylvania) of the first...
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Simpson, Sir James Young

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...SIR JAMES YOUNG 1811 70, Scottish physician, M.D. Univ. of Edinburgh, 1832. He became (1839) professor of medicine and midwifery at Edinburgh. For a while he employed ether anesthesia in childbirth, but soon abandoned its use in favor of chloroform, which...
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Soranus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...have practiced in Alexandria and in Rome and was an authority on obstetrics, gynecology, and pediatrics. His treatise On Midwifery and the Diseases of Women (tr. 1882) remained an influential work until the 16th cent. ____________________ Copyright...
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Obstetrics

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...which shows the patterns of cervical dilation. The care of women during childbirth was originally in the hands of women (see midwifery ), but in the 16th cent. physicians grew interested in the field. Of special importance were the invention of the delivery...

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