Noun
The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics.
Assistance at childbirth; help or cooperation in production.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to United Nations Population Fund data on the midwifery workforce, there is a total of 429 midwives (including nurse-midwives) in Somalia, with a density of 1 midwife per 1,000 live births. Source: Internet
According to Leanne Smith, the director for maternal services in the Saskatoon Health Region declared that half of the women who apply for the midwifery program are turned away. Source: Internet
Allied health staff include two radiographers, two pharmacists, three laboratory technicians, two dieticians and 13 nurses with specialised training in fields including surgical nursing, anaesthesia nursing/ICU, paediatric nursing and midwifery. Source: Internet
A survey carried out last week by the RCM, and covering every region of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, found the 10% vacancy rate in midwifery posts before the crisis had doubled to 20%. Source: Internet
Based on these facts, it would appear that midwifery in the East was a respectable profession in which respectable women could earn their livelihoods and enough esteem to publish works read and cited by male physicians. Source: Internet
Conversely, nurses and midwives are part of the multidisciplinary team of health care professionals and this indeed makes nursing and midwifery to be professions. Source: Internet