Midwifery MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: 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]

Midwifery Preferred

Midwives Related

Traditional Birth Attendant Related

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