title: Legalization of midwifery and the issue of home births.
abstract: The issue of legalization of midwifery is distinct from that of sanctioning of home births. Ontario should seriously consider establishing midwifery as an independent profession for nondomiciliary care. I hope that such a decision would not be considered in isolation from the rest of the health care system.
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D002170:Canada; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006700:Home Childbirth / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education; D009426:Netherlands; D009864:Ontario; D011050:Policy Making; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States