title: Midwifery soon to be an option in B.C. for low-risk births.
abstract: Midwifery has recently been established in British Columbia as a self-regulating profession with its own regulatory body, the College of Midwives of British Columbia. Within the next few months, registered midwives will join the other members of the health care team as legitimate providers of care for childbearing women and their families. Midwifery care will be an option for low-risk women who, as long as they continue to experience a healthy pregnancy, will be able to choose to give birth attended by a midwife.
authors.affiliation: UBC School of Nursing, Women's Hospital.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D001955:British Columbia; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006700:Home Childbirth; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000193:education; D011247:Pregnancy; D012956:Societies, Nursing