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Recent Examples of midwife
The legislature overrode the veto, and the law enables nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and physician assistants to provide care.
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CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024
Weeks after welcoming their baby via home birth, Price's midwife asked for a name to put on the birth certificate.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 19 July 2024
Pugh, in particular, took every opportunity to consult with the midwife and delve into what her character would be experiencing.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024
The midwife and paramedics arrived shortly to make sure the mother and child were okay.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024
Weeks after welcoming their baby via home birth, Price's midwife asked for a name to put on the birth certificate.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 19 July 2024
Pugh, in particular, took every opportunity to consult with the midwife and delve into what her character would be experiencing.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024
The midwife and paramedics arrived shortly to make sure the mother and child were okay.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midwife
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The body takes a minimum of 13 weeks to recover, the nurse-midwife Helena A. Grant tells Somerstein.Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 18 June 2024
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Initially, three teenage boys worked as volunteer transport helpers, caring for FNS’s horses and running errands for the nurse-midwives.Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
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The problem is particularly troublesome in areas of the country without doctors, nurses, midwives or medical centers specializing in maternity care.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Depending on the severity of the symptoms, your primary care doctor can refer you to a gastroenterologist or a colorectal surgeon for a closer look.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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But although there is certainly chemistry in the central pairing, Joy is more of an offbeat buddy movie, which is emphasized by the introduction of obstetrician Patrick Steptoe, played rather wonderfully by Bill Nighy.Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
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Approximately 35% of all US counties are now considered maternity care deserts, having no birthing facilities or obstetricians.Davi Merchan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024
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There is one primary care physician for every 5,080 residents in Williamsburg County.Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The nurse tells her to stop wasting her time and go to an actual physician before her symptoms worsen or other ailments occur from overcompensating.Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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The San Joaquin Valley, with just 39 primary care docs per 100,000 population, ranks just ahead of the Inland Empire, with 35 per 100,000, as areas of acute physician shortage.Sally C. Pipes, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Alfie helps Matty look up the slip that ordered the docs’ removal, and the signature on it is… well, inscrutable.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
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Many have recently turned their attention to lighthouse parenting, a term coined by Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg, a pediatrician and professor of pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.Lynda Lin Grigsby, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
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The massive popularity of the new weight-loss drugs is set against this evolving understanding—researchers, clinicians and pediatricians are reevaluating how and when to manage weight.Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
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The identical-twin gynecologists working in the Upper East Side were found dead in Cyril’s apartment a few blocks from their practice.Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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In this red-leaning district, which gave Trump 53 percent of the vote in 2020, there's a chance two GOP candidates could advance to the general election, although there are a few credible Democrats running too, such as former State Department officer Carmela Conroy and gynecologist Bernadine Bank.Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2024
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Suddenly, in a nightmarish sense, brutality has hit home for Sterling Cooper’s employees, with Joan as combat medic.Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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Israel has continued to hammer Gaza with airstrikes, which medics in the territory say killed about 64 people and injured dozens overnight and into Friday morning.Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midwife. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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