The historical relationship of nurse-midwifery with medicine

✍ Scribed by Janet Scoggin

• Book ID: 104271511
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Weight: 439 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2182
• DOI: 10.1016/s0091-2182(96)00068-7

✦ Synopsis

This historical review of the literature highlights the struggles that American nurse-midwifey has undergone in defining itself to the medical profession. Because nurse-midwifery came into existence in this county close on the heels of the demise of traditional midwifey.

it had many prejudices to overcome. For many years, nurse-midwifery allied itself with nursing to gain power and acceptance from physicians. Now, however, there is a move toward independence as nurse-midwives are more visible and the effectiveness and safety of their practice have been established. 0 1997 by the American College of Nurse Midwives.