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Midwifery

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Midwifery is the practice of delivering babies or of assisting women in childbirth. In the past, midwives holds a position of great respect and honor in a community, assisting women in normal and abnormal situations of childbirth. Today, midwifery has two divisions nurse-midwives and direct-entry midwives. Both are educated in midwifery the one difference is that nurse-midwives has an added study of the nursing process. The following websites contain resources and other midwifery information.

Top Resources on Midwifery

• Wikipedia: Midwifery
• Midwifer: Defining midwifery
• iMidwifery: Midwifery
• NHS Careers: Midwifery
• MidwiferyToday: Articles, Forums and Resources
• Citizens for Midwifery: Resources and Support Groups
• WHO: Midwifery
• MidwifeInfo: Recent Articles
• American College of Nurse-Midwives: Highlights

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