• Pregnancy and childbirth are natural events. The midwife supports and preserves the normalcy of childbearing, guarding against unnecessary and potentially harmful interventions.
• Childbearing is a significant family event. Individuals and families have a right to a safe and satisfying experience within their own cultural forms, including family centered care.
• Education is the cornerstone of health care. Access to information enables people to make informed health care decisions.
• Parents have the right to informed choice. Midwives provide support for and encourage choices regarding the birth attendant and birth setting safest and most satisfying for the family.
• Midwifery is an Art and a Science. We support individualized care within the “Guidelines of Practice” developed by the IMA, and encourage peer review and accountability.
• Holistic care is optimum during childbearing. Midwives should strive to meet the varied physical, emotional, spiritual, sexual and cultural aspects of each person they serve.

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