Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
"I trust the evidence": Why Australian midwives practice homebirth without professional indemnity insurance.
Jennifer Mitchell, Carolyn Ruth Hastie, Roslyn Donnellan-Fernandez, Laura Gabriel
Published: 202510.1016/j.wombi.2025.102159
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Professional indemnity insurance (PII) has not been available for intrapartum care at home for privately practice midwives (PPMs) in Australia since 2001. AIMS: To examine the effect of the lack of professional indemnity insurance on the…
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