The New Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice / Edition 2

by Lesley Ann Page BA, MSc, PhD, RM, RN, Rona McCandlish BA(Hons), MSc(Epid), RGN, RMN, RM

Overview

Practicing as a midwife today requires not only good clinical skills but also a broad understanding of the social and emotional changes a woman experiences before and after birth. This book combines scientific knowledge with the more intangible skills needed for sensitive communication to provide the best possible care to the mother and her family. The second edition of this celebrated text vividly explores the various skills and approaches that lead to successful midwifery practice and uses care stories to bring these to life.

• Provides a refreshingly new approach to key areas of midwifery practice in a way that brings practice to life.
• Illustrates and supports the fundamental changes currently taking place in midwifery around the world.
• Builds on the most up-to-date, evidence-based research to suggest guidelines for best practices.
• Explores the impact of parenthood and offers strategies for effectively supporting individuals during this period of transition.

• Includes "care stories" - case studies that highlight positive midwifery care and successful childbirth experiences.
• Offers contrasting stories from around the world, illustrating how maternity care in industrialized society differs from that in a non-industrial or third world environment.
• Provides up-to-date research and reference material.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443100024
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	12/05/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	412
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Page, Leslie Ann, RN, RNT, RMT (Thames Valley Univ, London); Percival, Patricia, PhD, RN, RM (Edith Cowan Univ)

Table of Contents

IntroductionSection 1: Transition to Parenting and Relationships in Practice – Working with Women1. What Women Want from Care Around the Time of Birth2. First Relationships and the Growth of Love and Commitment 3. Becoming a Parent4. Midwifery Partnership: Working ‘With’ Women5. The Politics of Involving Women in Decision Making6. Supporting Midwives to Support Women7. Working with Women: Developing Continuity of Care in Practice8. The Birth of Twins: A Reflection on PracticeSection 2: Putting Science into Practice9. Evidence-Based Care and Twins10. Evidence-Based Midwifery: Finding, Appraising and Applying Evidence in Practice11. Risk: Theoretical or Actual?12. Why Do Research?13. Jenna’s Care Story: Post-Term PregnancySection 3: Promoting Healthy Birth, Using Midwifery Skills and the Organisation of Practice14. A Public Health View of Maternity Services15. Reducing Inequalities in Childbirth: The Midwife’s Role in Public Health16. Keeping Birth Normal17. Being with Jane in Childbirth: Putting Science and Sensitivity into PracticeIndex

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

A thoughtful, in-depth exploration of midwifery practice that offers perspectives from experts, caregivers, and women who have experienced midwife-attended childbirth

Editorial Reviews

"NEW MIDWIFERY 2ND EDITION combine scientific knowledge with the skills needed to provide the best possible care for the mother and her family." — The Practising Midwife, June 2006.

From the Publisher

5 Stars! from Doody

The multiple contributors to this text illustrate a new approach to midwifery care which maintains the art while enhancing evidence based practice. The book is divided into three sections which are core to the new midwifery practice: effective and appropriate care, transition to parenting, and physical adaptation and growth in pregnancy, birth, and early life. The purpose is to illustrate new approaches to midwifery care in response to the changes occurring in practice and the educational level for entry into midwifery. These revolutionary changes bring the need for a new midwifery text, which these editors provide. This book is appropriately written for student midwives and midwives studying for higher degrees or those ensuring their practice remains competent and current. The text would be of interest to other obstetrical healthcare providers as well to illustrate how practice can be personal while scientifically based. The editors and contributors are previously published and recognized names in their fields of expertise, giving credibility to this new text. The content is covered in three sections. In the first section on effective and appropriate care, the focus is on ensuring that care is beneficial and that harm is avoided. The second section, transition to parenting, is a description of childbearing as a social as well as a physical process. The third section, physical adaptation and growth in pregnancy, birth, and early life, contains information about the physiological adaptation to pregnancy from conception through the infant's early life. This book is different than others with the traditional approach to midwifery education and practice. The editors of this bookbring an enhanced way of developing a more evidenced-based practice of midwifery to readers. This is a valuable book for all midwives practicing today with the current trends in healthcare toward higher education and research based practice.

Nancy E. Moss

Reviewer: Nancy E. Moss, PhD, RN, MSN (University of Cincinnati School of Nursing)
Description: The multiple contributors to this text illustrate a new approach to midwifery care which maintains the art while enhancing evidence-based practice. The book is divided into three sections which are core to the new midwifery practice: effective and appropriate care, transition to parenting, and physical adaptation and growth in pregnancy, birth, and early life.
Purpose: The purpose is to illustrate new approaches to midwifery care in response to the changes occurring in practice and the educational level for entry into midwifery. These revolutionary changes bring the need for a new midwifery text, which these editors provide.
Audience: This book is appropriately written for student midwives and midwives studying for higher degrees or those ensuring their practice remains competent and current. The text would be of interest to other obstetrical healthcare providers as well to illustrate how practice can be personal while scientifically based. The editors and contributors are previously published and recognized names in their fields of expertise, giving credibility to this new text.
Features: The content is covered in three sections. In the first section on effective and appropriate care, the focus is on ensuring that care is beneficial and that harm is avoided. The second section, transition to parenting, is a description of childbearing as a social as well as a physical process. The third section, physical adaptation and growth in pregnancy, birth, and early life, contains information about the physiological adaptation to pregnancy from conception through the infant's early life.
Assessment: This book is different than others with the traditional approach to midwifery education and practice. The editors of this book bring an enhanced way of developing a more evidenced-based practice of midwifery to readers. This is a valuable book for all midwives practicing today with the current trends in healthcare toward higher education and research-based practice.

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