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Our new combo offer makes a perfect gift for any aspiring midwife Paths to Becoming a Midwife will help her discover what kind of midwife she should be and what training optons are best for her. Midwifery Today Number 78 has a listing of direct entry programs available around the US, as well as articles on traditional midwifery, nurse-midwifery, apprenticeship, and direct entry midwifery.

Editorial by Jan Tritten from Issue 89 of Midwifery Today magazine: "One of my main goals in doing conferences in different parts of the world is to gain unique knowledge, techniques and insights, and take that information to other parts of the world that can benefit from it. The other way to spread this midwifery knowledge from around the world is to bring it to the US at the conferences Midwifery Today presents here."

http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2009/11/the-future-of-private-midwifery/ There has been stong interest on the issue of the future of private midwifery since the Health Minsiter’s announcement that clarified the meaning of “collaborative practice”. Collaborative practice will mean that every private midwife must have a collaborative agreement with a private obstetrician who can effectively sign off on the midwife’s work. If s/he does [...]

http://www.midwiferytoday.com/conferences/Philly2010/ We offer you a hearty welcome to our Philadelphia conference. This is one of the richest programs we have ever offered, with classes for everyone, whether you are a seasoned or aspiring practitioner or an activist. We are especially excited to bring you two full pre-conference days on Traditional Midwifery Skills—a Midwifery Today first. We [...]

Article by Robbie Davis-Floyd, PhD: A distressing cross-cultural trend is showing up in the growing body of anthropological literature about midwifery and birth in the developing world. From Tanzania to Papua New Guinea, anthropologists who observe professional midwives giving prenatal care and attending births increasingly note that, far from the midwifery ideal, professional midwives often treat women very badly during birth, ignoring their needs and requests, talking to them disrespectfully, ordering them around, and sometimes even yelling at them and slapping them. At the same time, and in direct correlation, the professional midwives are themselves often treated badly by the healthcare systems in which they work. ...

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