Midwifery
"Midwifery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The practice of assisting women in childbirth.
Descriptor ID |
D008880
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MeSH Number(s) |
H02.478.676.416
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Concept/Terms |
Traditional Birth Attendant- Traditional Birth Attendant
- Birth Attendant, Traditional
- Birth Attendants, Traditional
- Traditional Birth Attendants
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Midwifery".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Midwifery".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Midwifery" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Midwifery" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Midwifery" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Wu LC, Malhotra R, Allen JC, Lie D, Tan TC, Østbye T. Risk factors and midwife-reported reasons for episiotomy in women undergoing normal vaginal delivery. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2013 Dec; 288(6):1249-56.
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Wu LC, Lie D, Malhotra R, Allen JC, Tay JS, Tan TC, Ostbye T. What factors influence midwives' decision to perform or avoid episiotomies? A focus group study. Midwifery. 2013 Aug; 29(8):943-9.