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Download full textBuchanan, Patricia; Parker, Vicky K.; Zajdel, Ruth Hopkins – 2000
This paper examines the history of midwifery in Appalachia. Throughout history, women in labor have been supported by other women. Midwives learned as apprentices, gaining skills and knowledge from older women. Eventually, formalized training for midwives was developed in Europe, but no professional training existed in the United States until…
Descriptors: Birth, Certification, Folk Culture, Nonformal Education
