提起midwife 和nurse,人们常会认为它们只指女性。这是一种错觉。此处的mid来自古英语,意思是with,wif等于wife或woman。midwife实际上是指和临产妇女在一起,帮助她分娩的人。从这个词的来源看,它并不专指女性,而是兼指男女两性的助产人员。对于男性的助产人员也可 Mentioning midwife and nurse, people often think that they refer only to women. This is an illusion. The mid here is from Old English, meaning with, wif is equal to wife or woman. The midwife actually refers to people who are pregnant with labor and help her to give birth. From the source of this word, it does not specifically refer to women, but refers to both men and women’s midwifery personnel. For men’s midwifery