The New Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice [Paperback]

Lesley Ann Page BA MSc PhD RM RN (Author), Patricia Percival BappSc(Nsg) BappSc(Mid) MAppSc PhD RN RM CHN FRCNA (Author), Lesley Ann Page (Author), Patricia Percival (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0443055726 | ISBN-13: 978-0443055720 | Publication Date: February 15, 2000 | Edition: 1st

Being a midwife today requires not only good clinical skills but also a broad understanding of the social and emotional adaptation to birth that a woman experiences. A midwife must be clinically skilled and able to bring "woman-centered" practice to life. This book explores all the issues that a midwife may encounter in applying her practical knowledge with sensitivity towards every individual woman's care, before, during, and after birth. Building on the changes that have occurred in midwifery in the past decade, THE NEW MIDWIFERY describes approaches to practice based on experience and supported by theory and biological sciences. This text is designed to help midwives build sensitive and supportive relationships, develop openness to individual needs, and be able to use science as a basis for practice.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"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. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Lesley Ann Page, BA, MSc, RM, RN, RNT, RMT, The Queen Charlotte's Professor of Midwifery Practice, Head of the Centre for Midwifery Practice, Thames Valley University and Queen Charlotte's and Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK; Associate Editor: Patricia Percival, BappSc(Nsg) BappSc (Mid) MAppSc, PhD, RN, RM, CHN, FRCNA, Formerly Post Graduate Coordinator, School of Nursing, Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia; Foreword by : Sheila Kitzinger, MLitt, MBE, Honorary Professor, Thames Valley University; Writer and Social Anthropologist, Oxford, UK

Product Details

• Paperback: 418 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 1st edition (February 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0443055726
• ISBN-13: 978-0443055720
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,096,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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