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All health workers have a responsibility to be honest with themselves and the people they
care for about the limits of their skills. This means: only perform the procedures you are
trained to. Find help from other, more experienced health workers when a woman needs a
kind of care that you are not experienced with. Seek the advice of local health workers and
medical authorities about the safest ways to practice in your area. This manual can help
you learn new skills, but no book can take the place of hands-on training with a skilled and
experienced teacher. Keep watching, reading, listening, and learning more whenever you
have the chance.
Copyright © 2004, 2009, 2010 by the Hesperian Foundation. All rights reserved.
First edition: December 2004, 2nd printing 2009, update 2010
Printed in USA
ISBN: 978-0-942364-23-1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Library of Congress has already cataloged the 10-digit ISBN as follows:
Klein, Susan, b. 1948.
A book for midwives : care for pregnancy, birth, and women’s health / by Susan Klein,
Suellen Miller, and Fiona Thomson.-- 1st ed.
p. ; cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-942364-23-6 (pbk.)
1. Midwifery. 2. Midwives. 3. Pregnancy. 4. Childbirth. 5. Women--Health and hygiene.
I. Miller, Suellen, 1947- II. Thomson, Fiona, 1974- III. Hesperian Foundation. IV. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Midwifery. WQ 165 K635b 2004]
RG960.K56 2004
618.2--dc22
2004060651
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