Under  Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (June 20, 2003), JHNM is fully compliant with open access mandates, by publishing its articles under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial license (CC-BY-NC). Journal of Holistic Nursing And Midwifery "J Holist Nurs Midwifery" is owned by Guilan University of Medical Sciences and co-published by Negah Institute for Scientific Communication. Our philosophy in JHNM is that all research is for the benefit of humankind and research is the product of an investment by society and therefore its fruits should be returned to all people without borders or discrimination, serving society universally and in a transparent fashion. That is why JHNM provides online free and open access to all of its research publications.