MIDWIFERY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Recommendations from the Pew Health Professions Commission/UCSF Center for the Health Professions 1998 Taskforce on Midwifery†

  1. Lisa L. Paine CNM, DrPH, FACNM‡,*,
  2. Catherine M. Dower JD§,
  3. Edward H. O'Neil PhD

Article first published online: 24 DEC 2010

DOI: 10.1016/S0091-2182(99)00058-0

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Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

Volume 44, Issue 4, pages 341–348, July-August 1999

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Paine, L. L., Dower, C. M. and O'Neil, E. H. (1999), MIDWIFERY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Recommendations from the Pew Health Professions Commission/UCSF Center for the Health Professions 1998 Taskforce on Midwifery. Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, 44: 341–348. doi: 10.1016/S0091-2182(99)00058-0

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    1Lisa L. Paine is Professor and Chair, Department of Maternal and Child Health at the Boston University School of Public Health, Boston. She received public health education at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and nurse-midwifery education at the University of Utah. Dr. Paine is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the ACNM Foundation and an editorial consultant for the Journal of Nurse-Midwifery. In 1998, she served as Chairperson of the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Center for the Health Professions Taskforce on Midwifery.

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    2Catherine M. Dower is Health Law and Policy Analyst at the Center for the Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco, where in 1998 she served as Director of the USCF Center for Health Professions Taskforce on Midwifery. She also co-directed the Taskforce on Health Care Workforce Regulation of the Pew Health Professions Commission from 1996 to 1998. Ms. Dower, who received undergraduate and law degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, is licensed to practice law in the state of California. Other areas of interest include women's health and the impact of affirmative action on health status and health care.

  3. 3Edward H. O'Neil is an Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He also serves as the Co-Director of the Center for the Health Professions, a research, advocacy, and training institute created to stimulate change in health professions education. Since 1989, Dr. O'Neil has been the Executive Director of the Pew Health Professions Commission.

*4Address correspondence to Lisa L. Paine, CNM, DrPH, FACNM, Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118–2526.

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    1Lisa L. Paine is Professor and Chair, Department of Maternal and Child Health at the Boston University School of Public Health, Boston. She received public health education at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and nurse-midwifery education at the University of Utah. Dr. Paine is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the ACNM Foundation and an editorial consultant for the Journal of Nurse-Midwifery. In 1998, she served as Chairperson of the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Center for the Health Professions Taskforce on Midwifery.

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    2Catherine M. Dower is Health Law and Policy Analyst at the Center for the Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco, where in 1998 she served as Director of the USCF Center for Health Professions Taskforce on Midwifery. She also co-directed the Taskforce on Health Care Workforce Regulation of the Pew Health Professions Commission from 1996 to 1998. Ms. Dower, who received undergraduate and law degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, is licensed to practice law in the state of California. Other areas of interest include women's health and the impact of affirmative action on health status and health care.

  3. 3Edward H. O'Neil is an Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He also serves as the Co-Director of the Center for the Health Professions, a research, advocacy, and training institute created to stimulate change in health professions education. Since 1989, Dr. O'Neil has been the Executive Director of the Pew Health Professions Commission.

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