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THE EVOLVING SCOPE OF NURSE‐MIDWIFERY PRACTICE IN THE UNITED STATES
Author(s) -
Burst Helen Varney,
Stone Susan E.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the journal of midwifery and womens health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1542-2011
pISSN - 1526-9523
DOI - 10.1016/s1526-9523(00)00084-2
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , scope of practice , nursing , obstetrics , medicine , political science , law , computer science , health care , programming language
The purpose of this article is to review the evolving scope of practice of nurse‐midwifery since its introduction in the United States in 1925. Factors that contributed to the profession's evolution in practice are identified.