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	American College of Community Midwives A professional organization Enter here for: (1) American College of Community Midwives (2) California College of Midwives (3) California's Midwifery Advisory Council Info shortcut to printer-friendly LM Stats form The Medical Board asked the College of Midwives web site not to directly published information on Council, but instead to direct LMs to the Board's official web site for updates on Midwifery Issues (4) ScienceBasedBirth.com (5) NormalBirth.Org (6) MaterntyCare2.0	Last Updated Monday, March 24, 2008 info@collegeofmidwives.org
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A professional organization for midwives who provide physiologically-based maternity care in a community settings ~ client homes, maternity homes or birth centers.

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Marginalizing of Nurse Midwifery
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Additional 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 Forum

Birth Environments 1992
Economics of hospital obstetrical departments & Med-Mal Insurance as a money maker

2007 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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