Unlicensed midwifery practice in Washington State

S.J. Myers, P.A. St. Clair, S.S. Gloyd, P. Salzberg and J. Myers-Ciecko

American Journal of Public Health, 1990, vol. 80, issue 6, 726-728

Abstract: We examined the role of unlicensed midwives in Washington State by questioning mothers of infants born out-of-hospital with an unlicensed person in attendance. Only a small proportion of the state's births (0.11 percent) were attended by unlicensed midwives. Unlicensed midwives attended 7 percent of home births, licensed midwives and certified nurse-midwives attended 69 percent. Mothers chose unlicensed midwives because they had religious beliefs in common, or because they were the only providers available who would attend a home birth.

Date: 1990
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