Alberta midwives to establish professional college in 2013

SHEILA PRATT, Edmonton Journal : Thursday, December 27, 2012 4:40 PM

EDMONTON - Alberta’s midwives will have their own independent professional college in the new year, a final step into mainstream medicine.

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To educate families regarding choices in childbirth
To promote natural childbirth with minimal intervention
To encourage and support breastfeeding
To encourage communication and cooperation between parents, midwives, childbirth educators and other health care professionals and institutions
To support planned, midwife-attended home births
To support free-standing, community-based birthing centres
To encourage families to take an active role and assume responsibility for decisions regarding their care
To assist families to achieve the birth experience they desire in the setting of their choice (hospital, home or birthing centre)
To promote midwifery as a viable option to meet families' needs for quality maternity care in all settings
To be a resource for parents-to-be seeking information about pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related topics
To promote and monitor implementation of midwifery into the current health care system
To compile information on individual midwives', physicians', and hospitals' practices and intervention rates
To increase our public visibility

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