Besim Ömer: Founder of the first modern maternity hospital and midwifery education in Turkey

The First Maternity Hospital in Turkey was founded in 1892, next to the Medical School in Demirkapi, Istanbul. It was inaugurated by Besim Ömer who went to France in 1887 to study, was very impressed with the practices there and when he returned home, he made great efforts to open the first maternit...

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Autor principal: Kocatürk, Asiye
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Publishing 2020
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Policy Case Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7839122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33537625
http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/ejm/120111
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description The First Maternity Hospital in Turkey was founded in 1892, next to the Medical School in Demirkapi, Istanbul. It was inaugurated by Besim Ömer who went to France in 1887 to study, was very impressed with the practices there and when he returned home, he made great efforts to open the first maternity hospital. Besim Ömer emphasized how vital the first maternity hospital was for pregnant women, newborns, doctors, and midwives. Aiming to minimize maternal and infant mortality and to train informed midwives, these new maternity homes form the basis of today’s maternity clinics.
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spelling pubmed-78391222021-02-02 Besim Ömer: Founder of the first modern maternity hospital and midwifery education in Turkey Kocatürk, Asiye Eur J Midwifery Policy Case Studies The First Maternity Hospital in Turkey was founded in 1892, next to the Medical School in Demirkapi, Istanbul. It was inaugurated by Besim Ömer who went to France in 1887 to study, was very impressed with the practices there and when he returned home, he made great efforts to open the first maternity hospital. Besim Ömer emphasized how vital the first maternity hospital was for pregnant women, newborns, doctors, and midwives. Aiming to minimize maternal and infant mortality and to train informed midwives, these new maternity homes form the basis of today’s maternity clinics. European Publishing 2020-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7839122/ /pubmed/33537625 http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/ejm/120111 Text en © 2020 Kocatürk A. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7839122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33537625
http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/ejm/120111
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