Deborah Wage (she/her) is a nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, and researcher whose career focused on reshaping how healthcare could better serve women and families, improving outcomes in the process. She founded one of Nashville, Tennessee’s first independent midwifery practices and went on to join the faculty of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine as an assistant professor.
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In a nation where more than 3.5 million births occur each year, the experience of giving birth reveals who is valued, who is heard, and who is left behind. The Perfect Birth Myth offers a sweeping, deeply human exploration of childbirth in the United ... SEE MORE