In Ontario, maternal health systems are changing, with an increasing variety of childbirth options being offered to low-risk pregnant women. Midwifery became a regulated profession in the province in 1994: providing primary care throughout pregnancy, labour and for up to six weeks postpartum. Currently there are three midwifery-led birth centres operating in Ontario, two of which opened in early 2014. The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MoHLTC) has launched these new birth centres in order to offer women more choice in health care provider and birth setting. This shift is representative of the MoHLTC’s push to move services out of hospitals and into community-based settings. While the birth centre initiative is in its early stages an...
Consultations with consumers and service providers over the past ten years have consistently resulte...
There is currently a strong demand for midwives throughout Australia and it is likely that this will...
Midwifery emerged as a self-regulated profession in British Columbia in the context of a 2-year demo...
In Ontario, maternal health systems are changing, with an increasing variety of childbirth options b...
Interest in home and birthing centre delivery and inmidwife care for women at low risk has been grow...
Introduction In 2014, Ontario opened 2 stand‐alone midwifery‐led birth centers. Using mixed methods...
In all industrialized countries, except those in NorthAmerica, most babies are delivered by professi...
This paper focuses on the work of a small group of Ontario midwives who provide care to women withou...
Background: Rates of normal birth have been declining steadily over the past 20 yea...
Midwives have been working in Nova Scotia for many years, and midwifery became a government funded a...
In response to the direct and indirect consequences of removing birthing practices from communities,...
BackgroundBirth Centres (BC) are underpinned by a philosophy of woman- centred care and were pivotal...
The prospect of midwifery legislation in the Canadian Province, Ontario, is investigated in light of...
Objectives: The claimed advantages of home deliveries, including fewer medical interventions, are po...
Midwifery practice in Canada is anomalous in that, unlike other industrialized nations, a distinct l...
Consultations with consumers and service providers over the past ten years have consistently resulte...
There is currently a strong demand for midwives throughout Australia and it is likely that this will...
Midwifery emerged as a self-regulated profession in British Columbia in the context of a 2-year demo...
In Ontario, maternal health systems are changing, with an increasing variety of childbirth options b...
Interest in home and birthing centre delivery and inmidwife care for women at low risk has been grow...
Introduction In 2014, Ontario opened 2 stand‐alone midwifery‐led birth centers. Using mixed methods...
In all industrialized countries, except those in NorthAmerica, most babies are delivered by professi...
This paper focuses on the work of a small group of Ontario midwives who provide care to women withou...
Background: Rates of normal birth have been declining steadily over the past 20 yea...
Midwives have been working in Nova Scotia for many years, and midwifery became a government funded a...
In response to the direct and indirect consequences of removing birthing practices from communities,...
BackgroundBirth Centres (BC) are underpinned by a philosophy of woman- centred care and were pivotal...
The prospect of midwifery legislation in the Canadian Province, Ontario, is investigated in light of...
Objectives: The claimed advantages of home deliveries, including fewer medical interventions, are po...
Midwifery practice in Canada is anomalous in that, unlike other industrialized nations, a distinct l...
Consultations with consumers and service providers over the past ten years have consistently resulte...
There is currently a strong demand for midwives throughout Australia and it is likely that this will...
Midwifery emerged as a self-regulated profession in British Columbia in the context of a 2-year demo...