Articles about Midwifery

These articles by Faith Gibson discuss various legal issues surrounding Midwifery and birth. They are available from me in printed form by e-mail to goodnews@best.com. and legal documents about Midwifery. I am trying to put these on my Web Site as quickly as possible.

• Preserving the Community Midwife, Part 1, By Faith Gibson
• Background Information & Principles of Religious Practice, By Faith Gibson (6 pages)
• Religious Practitioner Booklet & Informed Consent Form, By Faith Gibson (19 pages)
• Client Request for Care under the Religious Exemptions Clause, By Faith Gibson(1 page)
• Sample of "Special Circumstance Informed Consent/Refusal -- twins", By Faith Gibson (2 pages)
• Sample of "Special Circumstance Informed Consent/Refusal -- macrosomia", By Faith Gibson (2 pages)
• Religiously-based Refusal of Episitomy form / Hospital transfer, By Faith Gibson (1 page)
• Brief History of Hospital-based Newborn Care, By Faith Gibson (2 pages)
• Contributions of Historical Midwives to the Art and Science of Modern Medicine, By Faith Gibson (1 page)
• Position Statement of the American College of Domiciliary Midwives, By Faith Gibson (4 pages)
• Application for the American College of Domiciliary Midwives, By Faith Gibson (1 page)
• History of Midwifery Legislation in the US and the Champaign to Eliminate Midwives, By Faith Gibson (20 pages)
• The History of California Midwifery Legislation 1876-1993 (12 pages)
• The Bowland Decision and Abortion -- An Aside, By Faith Gibson (1 page)
• Proposed Study for Deterring Long-Term FHT Variability (`reassuring patterns") by Auscultation, By Faith Gibson (8 pages)
• Legislative Review of the California medical practice from 1875 to 1980, By Faith Gibson (35 pages, very technical)
• Relevant Historical & Statutory Concepts of California Midwifery, By Faith Gibson (legal text, 14 pages)
• Letters to California Medical Board, By Faith Gibson / 1993-95
• Letters to California Medical Board, By Faith Gibson / 1993-95
• Letters to American College of Obstetrician & Gynecologists, By Faith Gibson
• Letters to California Department of Health Services, Office of Vital Statistics Re:birth certificates, By Faith Gibson
• Letters to California Office of Examination Resources, By Faith Gibson (re: NARM exam)
• The Goodly Art of Orifice Maintenance --- published MANA Nwsltr Spring'95, By Faith Gibson (3 pages)
• The Mother*s Home Newsletter of Mennonite Order of Maternal Services, By Faith Gibson

I would also be happy to send you a copy of the following California Statute from the Business and Professions Code Chapter 5, Section 2505-2515. It has since been replaced by the Licensed Midwife Practice Act of 1993

1917 Article 24 / text of California non-medical midwifery statute (2 pages)

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Updated 3/15/96