Midwifery
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Guidelines of Practice
The Idaho Midwifery Council has adopted the Midwives Alliance of North America's guidelines of practice, as reflected in the MANA Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice. This document details the guiding principles of practice; the general knowledge and skills a midwife must possess; care to be given to the woman during pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum; care to be given to the newborn infant; professional legal, and other aspects of midwifery; and well woman care and family planning.
The entire document may be found at http://mana.org/manacore.html. Other "essential documents" on standards and qualifications and the like may be viewed at http://mana.org/essential.html.