Annotated Bibliography of MidwivesThe Roles and Responsibilities of Midwives in Primary Health CareDevane, D., Gates, S., Hatem, M., Sandall, J., Soltani , H., (2009), Midwife-led versus other models of care for pregnant women (Review), 3 In this article, Devane et al. compared care of pregnant women by a midwife to other models of care, such as the physician being the primary care provider. The aim of the study is to establish whether there are significant differences in outcomes between a midwife being the primary caregiver and other models. The authors used pregnant women who were randomly assigned to either midwife-led care or other models of care during the prenatal and postnatal period as well as during labor. This article is useful to my research topic because Devane et al. concluded that a midwife as primary caregiver had benefits for mothers and babies with no identified adverse effects. A limitation of this study is the exclusion of pregnant women with maternal illness and drug-dependent women in some trials. Therefore, the results of this study should not be applied to pregnant women with significant medical or obstetric complications. The authors suggest that further research is needed on midwife-led models of care over a longer postpartum period. Brant, R., Colleen Stainton, M., Harvey, S., Jarrell, J., Rach, D., (2002), Assessing satisfaction with midwifery care, Midwifery, 18 (4), 260-267In this article, Brant et al. compared differences in satisfaction with maternity care provided to women by midwives and doctors. The aim of this study is to establish the degree of satisfaction of pregnant women. The authors used a randomized controlled trial involving 218 low-risk pregnancies. Measured research satisfies...... middle of paper ......ding of each study questionnaire because people read and interpret things differently. Each study included at least one hundred participants and should be considered for future studies, as it does not provide a sufficiently large representative sample of the population. Although the ages of the articles vary from 1999 to 2012, this can be seen as they are all congruent with each other. Women's desires and satisfaction with midwifery care have not changed. Therefore, showing that age is not a factor. From the perspective of maternal psychological and physical well-being, each study appears to have been successful in determining what women find satisfying in primary health care. After clearly reviewing the 7 research articles, it appears that they can be used effectively as a basis for an essay on the roles and responsibilities of midwives as primary health care providers.