Joyce Beebe Thompson, DrPH, CNM, FAAN, FACNM, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania and Western Michigan University, and an international consultant in midwifery education, women's health, and human rights. She has a BSN and MPH from the University of Michigan, a Certificate in Nurse-Midwifery from Maternity Center Association, a DrPH from Columbia University, and a certificate in bioethics from the Kennedy Institute at Georgetown University. Dr. Thompson practiced midwifery in a variety of settings, including birth centers and tertiary hospitals. She established the nurse-mi...