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A professional organization for
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Marginalizing of Nurse Midwifery
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Try the annotated ExcerptsAdditional articles relevant to marginalizing or eliminating nurse midwifery care:
Choice in Planning and Experiencing Childbirth
AMA Journal of Ethics ~ Virtual Mentor. September 2004, Volume 6, Number 9. Policy ForumBirth Environments 1992
Economics of hospital obstetrical departments & Med-Mal Insurance as a money maker2007 Maternal Mortality Rises Previous 3 years -- maternal deaths more frequent after C-section
than normal birth ~ Compilation of reports and MM Stats from California, New York and the UK
ACEO Policy Statement on OOH Birth
Report on BMJ study on PHB published in ObGynNews 2005
Note: Many California midwives were participants in this study and contributed statistics from our home birth practices.
Outcomes of planned home births
with certified professional midwives:
Large prospective study in North America
~ British Medical Journal (18 June 2005)
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