Origins of nurse-midwifery in the United States and its expansion in the 1940s

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 86-95

  Dawley, Katy ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Home childbirth; Midwifery; Nurse midwifery education; Nurse midwifery history; Nurse midwifery manpower; Obstetric nursing; Prenatal care history

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LABOR; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE; NEGRO; NURSE; OBSTETRICS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037356834     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-9523(03)00002-3     Document Type: Article

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