midwife
Sign in to saveA midwife (: midwives) is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialisation known as midwifery.
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A midwife is a health professional who provides care to pregnant women and newborns during and around the time of childbirth. Midwifery is an important medical specialty because it focuses on supporting mothers and babies through one of life's most critical transitions.
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Key facts
- Occupation.name
- Midwife
- Occupation.image
- Midwife check-up.jpg
- Occupation.caption
- A pregnant woman receives an ultrasound examination from a midwife sonographer
- Occupation.official_names
- Midwife
- Occupation.type
- Professional
- Occupation.activity_sector
- Midwifery, obstetrics, newborn care, women's health, reproductive health
- Occupation.competencies
- Knowledge, professional behaviour and specific skills in family planning, pregnancy, labour, birth, postpartum period, newborn care, women's health, reproductive health, and social, epidemiologic and cultural context of midwifery
- Occupation.formation
- Bachelor of Midwifery Master of Midwifery
- Occupation.employment_field
- hospitals, clinics, health units, maternity units, birth facilities, private practices, home births, community, etc.
- Occupation.related_occupation
- obstetrician, gynecologist, paediatrician
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29 sectionsContents
- Definition and etymology
- Scope of practice
- Education, training, regulation and practice
- Australia
- Canada
- British Columbia
- European Union
- France
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Japan
- Mozambique
- New Zealand
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Men in midwifery
- History
- Medieval Europe
- Ming China
- Responsibility
- Public perception
- Notable midwives
- Midwives in culture
- See also
- References
- External links
A midwife (: midwives) is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialisation known as midwifery.
The education and training for a midwife concentrates extensively on the care of women throughout their lifespan; concentrating on being experts in what is normal and identifying conditions that need further evaluation. In most countries, midwives are recognised as skilled healthcare providers. Midwives are trained to recognise variations from the normal progress of labour and understand how to deal with deviations from normal. They may intervene in high risk situations such as breech births, twin births, using non-invasive techniques. For complications related to pregnancy and birth that are beyond the midwife's scope of practice, including surgical and instrumental deliveries, they refer their patients to physicians or surgeons. In many parts of the world, these professions work in tandem to provide care to childbearing women. In others, only the midwife is available to provide care, and in yet other countries, many women elect to use obstetricians primarily over midwives.