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Midwifery Today, Issue 78, Summer 2006

Theme: Midwifery Education
Cover photo by Deborah Tillson/Storybook Portraits

Departments:

4		Poetry
5		From the Editor—Aspiring and Student Midwives Are Our Hope for the Future
6		Networking
6		Tricks of the Trade
7		Midwifery Model of Care—Phase II: Midwife Education
8		Marion's Message
61		Media Reviews
64		News
70		Classified Advertising
70		Calendar
73		Photo Album

10		Midwives as Educators: Teaching in the 21st Century—Daphne Singingtree
14		Apprenticeship: Do You Really Want One?—Renata Hillman
16		The Secret—Amanda Hamilton
17		Traditional Midwifery, a Traditional Vocation—Casey Makela
18		Always a Beginner—Beth Leianne Curtis
20		Pathways to Midwifery: ACNM—Jerri Hobdy
21		School of Authentic Midwifery: A Student's Journey in Finding a School—Jennifer Summerfeldt
22		The Old Midwife—Mary Doezema
23		Why Accreditation? MEAC and Midwifery Education—Mary Ann Baul
24		The Flowering of Midwifery Education—Elizabeth Davis
26		US Direct Entry Midwifery Programs
27		North American Registry of Midwives
28		50 Ways to Protest a VBAC Denial—Barbara Stratton
30		Mother Blessing Ceremony: Renaming a Good Idea—Chantel Haynes
31		Why Apprentices?—Cynthia Luxford
32		Midwifery and Conceptual Models of Nursing: A Comparison (diagram online)—Pam Embler
34		Neonatal Skin: Back to Nature?-—Laura A. Stokowski
36		The Still Point before Surgery—Serena Jenne
40		The Business of Midwifery: Billing and the Superbill—Linda Lieberman

43		Cards & Letters
44		Africa: Journey to the Motherland—Astrid Grove
48		The Very Oldest Profession—Robin Lopez Lysne
50		Having a Child in Croatia—Iva Podhorsky Štorek and Barbara Finderle
51		Judith Orozco Cassillas, a Living National Treasure of Mexico—Sarah Proechel
54		Promoting an Obstetrics Department in the Suburbs to Safeguard Its Future—Albin Thöni
56		One Birth, Two Worlds: A Personal Encounter with "Traditional" and "Modern" Maternal Health Care in Northern Tanzania—Gemma Burford
62		Birthing with Dignity: A Tool for Working with Traditional Indian Dais—Lesley Branagan