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Models of care define how health care services are delivered and the underlying philosophies which dictate how these services are provided. Nurse-Midwifery and medical models of care are based on each profession’s perspective and training in pregnancy and birth.

Consumers and attorneys need to understand differences between midwives and the unique aspects of each practice. For instance, a CPM or a Lay midwife will be judged by a different standard of care than CNMs or CMs.

As defined by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), midwifery as practiced by CNMs and Certified Midwives (CMs) encompasses a full range of primary health care services for women from adolescence to menopause.

When any of us embark on a career, especially as healthcare professionals, we do not expect to spend time in a courtroom, someday, accused of negligence and forced to defend the care we have provided.