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The Midwives Model of Care
The Midwives Model of Care is based on the fact that pregnancy
and birth are normal life processes.
The Midwives Model of Care includes:
- Monitoring
the physical, psychological, and social well-being
of the mother throughout
the childbearing cycle
- Providing
the mother with individualized education, counseling, and
prenatal care, continuous hands-on assistance during labor
and delivery, and postpartum support
- Minimizing
technological interventions
- Identifying
and referring women who require obstetrical attention
The application of this woman-centered model of
care has been proven to reduce the incidence of birth injury,
traum, and cesarean section.
Copyright (c) 1996-2008, Midwifery Task Force, Inc.
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