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Re: Chicago Tribune Profiles Men Who Have Entered Woman-Dominated Field of MidwiferyFrom: DoctorJoe@aol.comSun Jan 23 13:24:26 2005
Chicago Tribune Profiles Men Who Have Entered Woman-Dominated Field of Midwifery [Jan 21, 2005] The Chicago Tribune on Wednesday profiled several male certified nurse-midwives in Illinois who are "trailblazer[s] in a profession long dominated by women." Of the 7,000 certified nurse-midwives in the United States, only about 70 are men, according to the Tribune. Some female nurse-midwives believe that providing support and assistance during labor and delivery is "women's work" and that women have "a corner on the market," Darryn Dunbar, a CNM who works at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago, said. However, more than half of all OB/GYNs are male, according to Marion McCartney, a CNM and director of professional services at the American College of Nurse-Midwives in Silver Spring, Md. "People used to say only women can be nurses, but now more men are entering nursing," McCartney said, adding, "I think with time, fewer people will question male midwives. What it really comes down to is what you're like with people, not your gender" (Yablonsky/Stat, Chicago Tribune, 1/19). Very interesting. And let's see . . . since more women doctors than men are going into OB-GYN, then if we get more MEN to start going into nursing, then at some point in the (probably) distant future, we'll have what the physicists call a "population inversion," which can lead to very high energy outbursts of coherent radiation. What will THAT do to our patients? THE MAN
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