Midwifery Today, Issue 94, Summer 2010 (Print only) books You’ll learn about the importance

You’ll learn about the importance of good nutrition as a preventive

the continuing series “The Portable Midwife” by Regina Willette

assistants

Both can be important tools for midwives and other birth professionals

and protecting the midwives who serve those women

Midwifery Today, Issue 94, Summer 2010 (Print only) books You’ll learn about the importanceTheme: Birth Is a Human Rights Issue Whether its questioning the overblown use of synthetic oxytocin, challenging the accepted view that planned hospital births are safer than planned homebirths, or exposing the disparity between rich and poor nations in terms of maternal and infant mortality rates, this issue tackles the idea that every Motherbaby has the right to be treated with reverence and respect during the birth process.