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Midwifery
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Midwifery
Tree Number(s)
H02.478.676.416
Unique ID
D008880
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008880
Scope Note
The practice of assisting women in childbirth.
Entry Term(s)
Midwife
Midwives
Traditional Birth Attendant
See Also
Home Childbirth
Nurse Midwives
Public MeSH Note
66; was MIDWIVES 1963-65
History Note
66; was MIDWIVES 1963-65
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2015/06/05
Allowable Qualifiers
classification (CL)
economics (EC)
education (ED)
ethics (ES)
history (HI)
instrumentation (IS)
legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)
methods (MT)
organization & administration (OG)
standards (ST)
statistics & numerical data (SN)
trends (TD)
Health Occupations [H02]
Nursing [H02.478]
Specialties, Nursing [H02.478.676]
Advanced Practice Nursing [H02.478.676.074]
Cardiovascular Nursing [H02.478.676.112]
Community Health Nursing [H02.478.676.150]
Critical Care Nursing [H02.478.676.175]
Developmental Disability Nursing [H02.478.676.188]
Disaster Nursing [H02.478.676.194]
Emergency Nursing [H02.478.676.200]
Family Nursing [H02.478.676.218]
Forensic Nursing [H02.478.676.227]
Geriatric Nursing [H02.478.676.236]
Holistic Nursing [H02.478.676.313]
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing [H02.478.676.350]
Maternal-Child Nursing [H02.478.676.390]
Medical-Surgical Nursing [H02.478.676.403]
Midwifery [H02.478.676.416]
Military Nursing [H02.478.676.458]
Nephrology Nursing [H02.478.676.514]
Neuroscience Nursing [H02.478.676.542]
Obstetric Nursing [H02.478.676.570]
Occupational Health Nursing [H02.478.676.590]
Oncology Nursing [H02.478.676.605]
Orthopedic Nursing [H02.478.676.615]
Pediatric Nursing [H02.478.676.631]
Perioperative Nursing [H02.478.676.650]
Psychiatric Nursing [H02.478.676.710]
Public Health Nursing [H02.478.676.755]
Radiologic and Imaging Nursing [H02.478.676.772]
Rehabilitation Nursing [H02.478.676.789]
Rural Nursing [H02.478.676.806]
School Nursing [H02.478.676.824]
Transcultural Nursing [H02.478.676.920]
Trauma Nursing [H02.478.676.960]
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Midwifery
Preferred
Concept UI
M0013861
Scope Note
The practice of assisting women in childbirth.
Terms
Midwifery
Preferred Term
Term UI
T026564
Date
01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1966)
Midwives
Related
Concept UI
M0013862
Terms
Midwives
Preferred Term
Term UI
T026566
Date
12/26/1978
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
POPLINE (1978)
Midwife
Term UI
T026565
Date
12/31/1986
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
UNK (19XX)
Traditional Birth Attendant
Related
Concept UI
M0013863
Terms
Traditional Birth Attendant
Preferred Term
Term UI
T026567
Date
06/19/1975
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
UNK (19XX)
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