| What's the difference between a physician and a nurse-midwife? Here is an excellent article on the history of midwifery and the differences between midwives and physicians, with references. There is a whole section on continuous labor support, and why labor and delivery nurses can seldom give the kind of support that laboring women need. From Our Bodies, Ourselves. http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/companion.asp?id=21&compID=121 |