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Author Varney, Helen, author.

Title A history of midwifery in the United States : the midwife said fear not / Helen Varney, Joyce Beebe Thompson
Published New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 495 pages )
Contents The early voices of midwives -- Silencing the early voices of midwives (1600s-1800s) -- Silencing the early voices of midwives (late 1800s-early 1900s) -- Silencing the early voices of midwives (late 1910s-mid-1940s) -- Nursing roots -- The nurse-midwife starts practicing (1920s-1964) -- Early education for nurse-midwives (1920s-1964) -- Resurgence of community midwives -- Early education pathways for community and lay midwives (1970s-1980s) -- The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) 1955-2010 -- National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM) 2000 -- Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) 1982-2000 -- Nurse-midwifery practice (1956-1980s) -- Nurse-midwifery education (1955-1980s) -- Direct entry midwifery education -- Credentialing of midwives -- Federal legislation affecting midwifery practice -- Midwives with women and childbearing families -- Midwives (CNMs) with physicians -- Midwives (CNMs) with nurses and nursing -- Midwives with midwives : United States -- Midwives with midwives : international
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Electronic resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest ebrary website, viewed October 13, 2016)
Subject Midwifery -- United States -- History
Midwives -- United States -- History
Midwifery -- history
History, Modern 1601-
Nurse Midwives -- history
MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Midwifery
Midwives
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Thompson, Joyce Beebe, author.
ISBN 9780826125385
0826125387