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Unlicensed midwifery practice in Washington state.

S J Myers, P A St Clair, S S Gloyd, P Salzberg and J Myers-Ciecko

Seattle Midwifery School, WA 98144.

We examined the role of unlicensed midwives in Washington State by questioning mothers of infants born out-of-hospital with an unlicensed person in attendance. Only a small proportion of the state's births (0.11 percent) were attended by unlicensed midwives. Unlicensed midwives attended 7 percent of home births, licensed midwives and certified nurse-midwives attended 69 percent. Mothers chose unlicensed midwives because they had religious beliefs in common, or because they were the only providers available who would attend a home birth.

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