Title: Choosing a nurse-midwife
First published: 1994
Description: Studies show that midwife-assisted births are as safe or even safer than births with physicians-midwives have much lower C-section and complication rates and their services cost roughly half of those of obstetricians. Illustrates how certified nurse-midwives offer a more personal, holistic and comprehensive approach to birth and well-woman care than traditional OB/Gyn. Explains exactly what a midwife visit entails and outlines the midwife philosophy of highly personal, natural care. Covers hospital, birth centers and home birth options.
Subjects: Childbirth, Midwives, Prenatal care, Home Childbirth, Midwifery, Obstetric Labor, Nurse Midwives, Popular Works
LC classification: RG950 .P66 1994