Care of the woman and her family during labor and birth is. a rewarding yet demanding specialty within nursing. The. birth of a baby is more than a physical event. Birth has deep. personal and social signiï¬cance for the family, whose roles. and relationships are forever altered by this event.
The Dark Ages is a term often used synonymously with the Middle Ages. It refers to the period of time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance and the Age of Discovery.
The arrival of the Dark Ages in Europe followed the fall of the Greek and Roman empires in approximately 500 A.D. Several theorists propose that the term Dark Ages described the difference in intellect and cultural advancement between European citizens and people living in ancient Greece and Rome.