TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MIDWIFE»
The term «midwife» is very widely used and occupies the
7.961 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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10 QUOTES WITH «MIDWIFE»
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midwife.
There was a woman in Tunisia called Madame Pinot. She was a midwife and had helped in the birth of my siblings and me. I assisted her. I helped women give birth to a lot of babies when I was very young.
I watched Ricki Lake's documentary, 'The Business of Being Born,' and that led me to call a midwife, and not an ob-gyn, when I found out I had conceived. My delivery was not easy - they call it 'labor,' not 'a vacation!' - but I was incredibly grateful that I did it that way.
Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
When I ask my medical students to describe their image of a woman who elects to birth with a midwife rather than with an obstetrician, they generally describe a woman who wears long cotton skirts, braids her hair, eats only organic vegan food, does yoga, and maybe drives a VW microbus.
You wouldn't tolerate an underperforming surgeon in an operating theatre, or a underperforming midwife at your child's birth. Why is it that we tolerate underperforming teachers in the classroom?
Once upon a time, about 10 years ago, I thought maybe I could write a mystery series about a midwife in Elizabethan England. I had an elaborately convoluted title and an elaborately convoluted plotline, and at that point I got stupendously bored.
I thought it was going to be a hut in Topanga and Janis Joplin was going to come out, but it's a real doctor... I went to Beverly Hills to meet this midwife; you'd think they'd be in nature.
We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.
Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.
I was not the midwife of the Law School, but its fraternal twin.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIDWIFE»
Discover the use of
midwife in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
midwife and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Call The
Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950S
Attached to an order of nuns who had been working in the slums since the 1870s, Jennifer tells the story not only of the women she treated, but also of the community of nuns (including one who was accused of stealing jewels from Hatton ...
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Chris Bohjalian's The Light in the Ruins.
3
The
Midwife's Confession
Every book she writes is a gem. ” Literary Times Diane Chamberlain Gets to the heart of the story
4
Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern
Midwife
A former nurse chronicles her journey into midwifery, from her dissatisfaction with formulaic delivery room procedures in the 1960s to her eventual career as a "baby catcher," and chronicles her diverse birth experiences, the women she has ...
5
Developing Destinies: A Mayan
Midwife and Town
This landmark book brings theory alive with fascinating ethnographic findings that advance our understanding of childhood, culture, and change.
6
The
Midwife's Apprentice
In a small village in medieval England, a young homeless girl acquires a home and a new career when she becomes the apprentice to a sharp-tempered midwife.
This omnibus edition of Call the Midwife, Shadows of the Workhouse and Farewell to the East End chronicles Jennifer Worth's career as a midwife from start to finish, from her arrival in the war-scarred Docklands as a wide-eyed trainee, to ...
8
A
Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her ...
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, 2010
9
The King's
Midwife: A History and Mystery of Madame Du Coudray
Delightfully written, this tale of a fascinating life at the end of the French Old Regime sheds new light on the histories of medicine, gender, society, politics, and culture.
Nina Rattner Gelbart, 1998
Many of them never returned to Italy. Against this historic backdrop comes the story of Rosina, a Calabrian matriarch, who worked as a midwife in an area where only one doctor served three villages.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIDWIFE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
midwife is used in the context of the following news items.
German midwife charged with 9 counts of attempted murder
BERLIN (AP) — Munich prosecutors have charged a 34-year-old midwife with nine counts of attempted murder for allegedly giving blood ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
Midwife at Queens Hospital whose blunders led to Sareena Ali's …
A midwife whose blunders led to the deaths of a mother and her unborn baby has been thrown out of the profession after a panel concluded ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Midwife training gives Darfur mothers and children a better chance
Darfuri women who have completed their midwife training attend a graduation ceremony at Friendship Hall in Khartoum, Sudan. «UNICEF, Jul 15»
North Wales midwife training review ordered by watchdog
The health board is also under Welsh government special measures. The NMC has a legal duty to ensure midwife training is up to scratch. «BBC News, Jul 15»
'Midwife Scheme Still Functional In S'South'
Coordinator of The National Primary Health Care Development Agency APHCDA, Dr Joseph Oteri, has said that the Midwife Service Scheme ... «The Tide, Jul 15»
Local midwife lends helping hand in Africa
Ramirez recently returned to Bridgeport from South Sudan after working with Doctors Without Borders as a midwife and educator. «Scottsbluff Star Herald, Jul 15»
Midwife accused of failures in care after woman and unborn child …
Ilene Machakata was working as a band 6 registered midwife at the hospital in Rom Valley Way in January 2011 when the patient, 27-year-old ... «Ilford Recorder 24, Jul 15»
Midwife's guide for bamboozled mums in New Baby 101
A SUNSHINE Coast midwife has come to the rescue of bamboozled first-time parents by putting together a basic guide on everything they need ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jul 15»
Call the Midwife season 5 premiere: Slated for release 2016; Cast …
BBC's medical period drama show, "Call the Midwife," has been steadily gaining traction as a new fan favorite in the United States after it aired ... «Vine Report, Jul 15»
Midwife at centre of probe after being accused of risking lives of 20 …
“Protocol states two midwives should do it but usual practice was one midwife or whoever was looking after the patient unless it was someone ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
