Becoming a midwife in the 21st century / Becoming a midwife in the twenty-first century edited by Ian Peate, Cathy Hamilton. - xiii, 458 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Effective communication / Tandy Deane-Gray -- The aims of antenatal care / Laura Abbott -- Programmes of care during childbirth / Laura Abbott -- Interdisciplinary working: seamless working within maternity care / Eileen Huish & Lisa Nash -- Intrapartum care / Annabel Jay & Cathy Hamilton -- Effective emergency care / Caroline Duncombe, Meryl Dimmock & Sarah Green -- Initial assessment and examination of the newborn baby / Lyn Dolby -- Effective postnatal care / Annabel Jay -- Medication and the midwife / Cathy Hamilton -- Effective documentation / Carole Yearley, Celia Wildeman & Chandra Mehta -- Regulating the midwifery profession: protecting women or the profession? / Christine Lawrence & Carole Yearley -- The impact of cultural issues on the practice of midwifery / Celia Wildeman -- Legislation and the midwife / Cathy Hamilton & Lisa Nash -- Confidentiality / Celia Wildeman -- Clinical decision-making / Marianne Mead -- Health, safety and environmental issues / Lisa Nash -- Evidence-based practice / Marianne Mead -- Statutory supervision of midwives / Kath Mannion -- Clinical governance framework and quality assurance in relation to midwifery care / Cathy Rogers, Sally Luck & Nada Schiavone.

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Midwifery--Study and teaching
Childbirth at home--Nursing
Midwives--Administration
Midwives--Standards
Newborn infants--Medical care--Methodology.
Maternal health services--Methodology
Quality Assurance, Health Care

RG950 / .B43 2008

618.20233