So what is the midwifery model of care and how did it develop? The basis of the midwifery model of care is best articulated by Ruth Lubic's first principle for a successful professional life, "Begin ...

On Dec. 11, when CNN acclaimed Robin Lim (a former Iowan) as its “Hero of the Year,” midwives and mothers the world over rejoiced. “Mother Robin” earned the title for her humanitarian work in ...

Emily Engelhardt is a certified nurse midwife and the medical manager for Hope Clinic for Women. "Facilitating a productive labor and healthy birth by modeling to the husband how he could support his ...

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (N&MC) has launched a policy document to serve as a guide to nursing, midwifery practitioners and trainees to prepare them physically, mentally and professionally to ...

A new era began today for midwives in New York as legislation took effect, allowing them to work without a written practice agreement with a physician. The Midwifery Modernization Act went into effect ...

Although midwives have long been associated with home births, roughly 90 percent of midwife-attended births in the U.S. now ...

The characteristics of the women served by midwives have also changed. When the first nurse-midwifery programs and schools started in the 20th century, the only births midwives were allowed to attend ...