Midwifery Bibliography
Evidence of the Safety and Efficacy of the Midwifery Model of Care and Midwife-Attended Home Birth as a Model for Normalcy
From Recent Professional Journals
By Suzanne Arms
MacDorman, MF, Singh, GK, 1998. Midwifery care, social and midical risk factors, and birth
outcomes in the USA. J Epidemiol Community Health 1998 May;52(5):310-7
Mehl-Madrona, L et al., 1997. Physician and midwife-attended home births. Effects
of breech, twin and post-dates outcome data on mortality rates. J Nurse Midwifery 1997,
Mar-Apr;42(2):91-8
Jabaaij, L, et al. 1996. Home births in The Netherlands: midwifery-related factors of influence.
1996 Sep;12(3):129-35
Harvey, S et al. 1996. A randomize, controlled trial of nurse-midwifery care. Birth 1996;23(3):128-35
Jackson, ME, et al. 1995. Home birth with certified nurse-midwife attendants in the United
States. An overview. J. Nurse Midwifery. 1995 Nove-Dec;40(6):493-507.Review
Greulich, B et al. 1994. Twelve years and more than 30,000 nurse-midwive-attended births: the Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Women's Hospital Birth Center Experience. J Nurse Midwifery 1994;39(4):185-96
Bortin,, S, et al. 1994. A feminist perspective on the study of home birth. Application of a
midwifery care framework. J Nurse Midwifery. 1994 May-Jun;39(3):142-9. Review
Duran, AM, 1992. The safety of home birth: the farm study. Am J Public Health. 1992 Mar;
82(3):450-3
Sakala, C, 1988. Content of Care by independent midwives: assistance with pain in
labor and birth. Soc Sci Med 1988;26(11):1141-58