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A bar association is a professional body of lawyers who, in some jurisdictions, are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession. In many Commonwealth jurisdictions, the "bar association" comprises lawyers who are qualified as barristers or advocates (collectively known as "the bar", or "members of the bar"), while the "law society" comprises solicitors. These bodies are sometimes mutually exclusive. In other jurisdictions, the "bar" may refer to the entire community of persons engaged in the practice of law. B ...

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• Bar association - United States
• Bar association - Commonwealth
• Bar association - History
• Bar association - State Bar Associations
• Bar association - International Bar Associations

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Midwifery is a term used to describe several types of health care practitioners, other than physicians, who provide prenatal care to expecting mothers, attend the birth of the infant and provide postpartum care to the mother and infant. Nurse-midwives in the United States may also provide gynecological care. Practitioners of midwifery are known as midwives, a term used in reference to both ...

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• Midwifery - Historical perspective
• Midwifery - Midwifery in the United States
• Midwifery - Nurse Midwives
• Midwifery - Direct Entry Midwives
• Midwifery - Practice in the United States
• Midwifery - Midwifery in the United Kingdom
• Midwifery - Community midwives
• Midwifery - Midwifery in Canada

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Dentistry is the practical application of knowledge of dental science (the science of placement, arrangement, function of teeth and their supporting bones and soft tissues) to human beings. A dentist is a professional practitioner of dentistry. In most countries, several years of training in a university (usually 4-8) and some practical experience working with actual patients' dentition are required to become a qualified dentist. The patron saint of dentists is Saint Apollonia, martyred in Alexandria by having all her teeth violently ...

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• Dentistry - Specialties
• Dentistry - History
• Dentistry - Dentistry throughout the world
• Dentistry - Dentistry in Australia
• Dentistry - Dentistry in Canada
• Dentistry - Dentistry in Hong Kong
• Dentistry - Dentistry in India
• Dentistry - Dentistry in Pakistan
• Dentistry - Dentistry in Slovakia
• Dentistry - Dentistry in the United Kingdom
• Dentistry - Dentistry in the United States
• Dentistry - Related dental topics
• Dentistry - Organizations

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In Canada and other Commonwealth countries one is called to the bar after undertaking a post law school training in a provincial law society program and undergoing an apprenticeship or taking articles as it is called. In these countries legal communities are called provincial law societies, except for Quebec where they are called the Barreau du Quebec. ...

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Bar association, Bar association - United States, Bar association - Commonwealth, Bar association - History, Bar association - State Bar Associations, Bar association - International Bar Associations

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Judges may or may not be members of the bar (see below). Rather, they sit "on the bench", and the cases which come before them are "at bar" or "at bench". These terms evolved from the English Inns of Court, where a bar separated the seats of the benchers or readers from the body of the hall, which was occupied by students. When one officially becomes a lawyer, he or she crosses this symbolic physical barrier and is "admitted to the bar". In modern courtrooms, a railing may still be in place to enclose the space which is occupied by legal counsel as well as the criminal defendants and civil litigants ...

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Bar association, Bar association - United States, Bar association - Commonwealth, Bar association - History, Bar association - State Bar Associations, Bar association - International Bar Associations

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There are two main divisions of modern midwifery in the US, nurse-midwives and direct-entry midwives. Midwifery - Nurse Midwives. In the United States, nurse-midwives are advanced practice nurses who have specialized in the practice of obstetrical and gynecological care of relatively healthy women. In addition to a registered nursing license, most nurse-midwives have a master's degree in nursing. Nurse-midwives practice in hospitals and medical clinics, and may also deliver in birth centers and at home. Th ...

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Midwifery, Midwifery - Historical perspective, Midwifery - Midwifery in the United States, Midwifery - Nurse Midwives, Midwifery - Direct Entry Midwives, Midwifery - Practice in the United States, Midwifery - Midwifery in the United Kingdom, Midwifery - Community midwives, Midwifery - Midwifery in Canada

Read more here: » Midwifery: Encyclopedia II - Midwifery - Midwifery in the United States