Midwife
medical professional wo practices obstetrics as a health science
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A midwife is a woman who aids another woman through labor, delivery, and the time after its birth.[3]
 A woman is getting an examination from a sonographer, a machine that uses waves to make an image of the woman's child's baby's body | |
| Occupation | |
|---|---|
| Names | Midwife[1] |
Occupation type | Professional |
Activity sectors | Midwifery, obstetrics, newborn care, women's health, reproductive health |
| Description | |
| Qualities | 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[2] |
Education required |
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Fields of employment | hospitals, clinics, health units, maternity units, birth centers, private practices, home births, community, etc |
Related jobs | obstetrician, gynecologist, pediatrician |
References change
- ↑ "International Definition of the Midwife". International Confederation of Midwives. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ "Essential Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice". International Confederation of Midwives (ICM). Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ↑ Hurley, Judith. "What Is a Midwife?". WebMD. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
