midwifery

midwifery
Independent care of essentially normal, healthy women and infants by a midwife, antepartally, intrapartally, postpartally, and/or obstetrically in a hospital, birth center, or home setting, and including normal delivery of the infant, with medical consultation, collaborative management, and referral of cases in which abnormalities develop; strong emphasis is placed on educational preparation of parents for childbearing and childrearing, with an orientation toward childbirth as a normal physiological process requiring minimal intervention.

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mid·wife·ry .mid-'wif-(ə-)rē, -'wīf-; 'mid-.wīf- n, pl -ries the art or act of assisting at childbirth also OBSTETRICS see NURSE-MIDWIFERY

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n.
the profession of providing assistance and medical care to women undergoing labour and childbirth. See also community midwife, obstetrics.
midwife n.

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mid·wi·fery (midґwif-re) (midґwi-fər-e) the practice of assisting in childbirth. See nurse-midwife and obstetrics.

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  • Midwifery — Mid wife ry (?; 277), n. 1. The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics. [1913 Webster] 2. Assistance at childbirth; help or co[ o]peration in production. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • midwifery — late 15c.; a hybrid from MIDWIFE (Cf. midwife) + ERY (Cf. ery) …   Etymology dictionary

  • midwifery — The dominant pronunciation in BrE is mid wif ri (three syllables) or mid wif ǝ ri (four syllables), although mid wiyf ǝ ri (with the second syllable as in wife) is also heard in AmE …   Modern English usage

  • midwifery — [mid΄wif′rē, mid΄wīf′rē; mid΄wif′ər ē] n. the work of a midwife; esp., the body of knowledge, skills, and practices of a modern midwife …   English World dictionary

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  • midwifery — [[t]mɪ̱dwɪ̱fəri[/t]] N UNCOUNT Midwifery is the work of delivering babies and advising pregnant women …   English dictionary

  • midwifery — midwife ► NOUN ▪ a nurse who is trained to assist women in childbirth. DERIVATIVES midwifery noun. ORIGIN probably from obsolete mid «with» + WIFE(Cf. ↑wifely) (in the sense «woman») …   English terms dictionary

  • Midwifery in Maya society — is a women s profession that assists women from pregnancy to newborn care. Midwifery also has the religious role of interpreting spiritual signs and predicting children s futures. Midwives are believed in Mayan society to be assigned their… …   Wikipedia

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