Unlicensed midwifery practice in Washington state
We examined the role of unlicensed midwives in Washington State by questioning mothers of infants born out-of-hospital with an unlicensed person in attendance. Only a small proportion of the state's births (0.11 percent) were attended by unlicensed midwives. Unlicensed midwives attended 7 perce...
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Veröffentlicht in: | American journal of public health (1971) 1990-06, Vol.80 (6), p.726-728 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We examined the role of unlicensed midwives in Washington State by questioning mothers of infants born out-of-hospital with an unlicensed person in attendance. Only a small proportion of the state's births (0.11 percent) were attended by unlicensed midwives. Unlicensed midwives attended 7 percent of home births, licensed midwives and certified nurse-midwives attended 69 percent. Mothers chose unlicensed midwives because they had religious beliefs in common, or because they were the only providers available who would attend a home birth. |
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ISSN: | 0090-0036 1541-0048 |
DOI: | 10.2105/AJPH.80.6.726 |