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 ...

A new lawsuit seeks to decriminalize the work of midwives banned from providing care amid a worsening maternal health crisis ...

Given India’s dual challenge of ‘too much, too soon’ (excessive intervention) and ‘too little, too late,’ (inadequate and/or untimely care), midwifery could become a crucial solution. Midwives are ...

Island nurses and midwives are now overseen by a single regulatory body after two separate colleges merged to form the P.E.I.

Southwest Midwives recently announced that Megan Riddle and Vanna Waldron joined its practice as registered midwives. Riddle is from Burlington, Vermont, and worked as a volunteer emergency medical ...

Amidst Georgia’s maternal mortality crisis, a group of midwives is challenging Georgia’s restrictive laws in court in a ...

Several lawsuit filed in recent years challenge state restrictions on the practice of midwifery. They argue that midwives are ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2005;50(2):87-90. Reasons for the increase in cesarean births are complex, but there is evidence that it is occurring among all American women, including those with no ...