Descriptor English: | Midwifery |
Descriptor Spanish: | Partería |
Descriptor Portuguese: | Tocologia |
Descriptor French: | Profession de sage-femme |
Entry term(s): |
Birth Attendant, Traditional Birth Attendants, Traditional Midwife Midwives Traditional Birth Attendant Traditional Birth Attendants |
Tree number(s): |
H02.478.676.416 SP2.006.027.028 |
RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008880 |
Scope note: | The practice of assisting women in childbirth. |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ED education ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
Public MeSH Note: | 66; was MIDWIVES 1963-65 |
History Note: | 66; was MIDWIVES 1963-65 |
Related: |
Home Childbirth
MeSH Nurse Midwives MeSH |
DeCS ID: | 9067 |
Unique ID: | D008880 |
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2015/06/05 |
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DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS
Health Occupations [H02]Health Occupations -
PUBLIC HEALTH
Delivery of Health Care [SP2]Delivery of Health Care
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Midwifery
- Preferred
Midwives
- Related but not broader or narrower
Traditional Birth Attendant
- Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI |
M0013861 |
Scope note | The practice of assisting women in childbirth. |
Preferred term | Midwifery |
Concept UI |
M0013862 |
Preferred term | Midwives |
Entry term(s) |
Midwife |
Concept UI |
M0013863 |
Preferred term | Traditional Birth Attendant |
Entry term(s) |
Birth Attendant, Traditional Birth Attendants, Traditional Traditional Birth Attendants |
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