The Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery & Women’s Health provided here represent

a compilation of current practices that includes evidence-based, traditional, and

empiric care from a wide variety of sources. The Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery

& Women’s Health are used voluntarily and assume that the practicing women’s

health professional will temper them with sound clinical judgment, knowledge of

patient or client preferences, national and local standards, and attention to sound risk

management principles.

The Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery & Women’s Health are not all-inclusive,

and there may be additional safe and reasonable practices that are not included. By

accepting the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery & Women’s Health, midwives

and other women’s health professionals are not restricted to their exclusive use.