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Origin ID
QS43
Preferred Label
midwife
sage-femmeCategory label
MidwifeSage-femmeQ-Code supplementary keywords
home deliveryQ-Code scope note
provide care and advice to women during pregnancy, labour and childbirth and the post-natal period. They deliver babies working independently or in collaboration with medical doctors, nurses and other health care workers and provide advice and assistance to parents in relation to baby care.(ISCO 08 2222)les sage femmes fournissent des soins et des conseils aux femmes pendant la grossesse, le travail, l'accouchement et la période post-natale. Elles assurent seules les accouchements ou en collaboration avec des médecins, des infirmières et d'autres travailleurs de la santé.Elles fournissent des conseils et de l'aide aux parents en matière de soins de bébé. (ISCO 08 2222)Q-Code conceptual content
Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and Gynecological ; Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of conditions related to pregnancy, labor, and the puerperium and of diseases of the female genitalia. It includes also demonstration of genital and pregnancy physiology.(MeSH) Midwifery ; The practice of assisting women in childbirth.(MeSH) Midwifery professionals ; provide care and advice to women during pregnancy, labour and childbirth and the post-natal period. They deliver babies working independently or in collaboration with medical doctors, nurses and other health care workers and provide advice and assistance to parents in relation to baby care.(ISCO 08 2222)Nurse Midwives ; Professional nurses who have received postgraduate training in midwifery.(MeSH) Obstetric Nursing ; A nursing specialty involving nursing care given to the pregnant patient before, after, or during childbirth.(MeSH)Obstetrics ; A medical-surgical specialty concerned with management and care of women during pregnancy, parturition, and the puerperium.(MeSH) Prenatal Care ; Care provided the pregnant woman in order to prevent complications, and decrease the incidence of maternal and prenatal mortality.(MeSH)Bibliographic link
Citation
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Forster DA, McLachlan HL, Davey MA, Biro MA, Farrell T, Gold L, Flood M, Shafiei T, Waldenström U. Continuity of care by a primary midwife (caseload midwifery) increases women's satisfaction with antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care: results from the COSMOS randomised controlled trial. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2016; 16: 28. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26841782
Iravani M, Janghorbani M, Zarean E, Bahrami M. An overview of systematic reviews of normal labor and delivery management. Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research. 2015; 20(3): 293-303. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26120327
MacArthur C, Winter HR, Bick DE, Lilford RJ, Lancashire RJ, Knowles H, Braunholtz DA, Henderson C, Belfield C, Gee H. Redesigning postnatal care: a randomised controlled trial of protocol-based midwifery-led care focused on individual women's physical and psychological health needs. Health technology assessment (Winchester, England). 2003; 7(37): 1-98. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14622490
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