Midwifery: Preparation for Practice

By Sally Pairman, Jan Pincombe, Sally K. Tracy, et al.

976 pagesDevelops and supports competent and confident midwives who are able to make professional judgements - in partnership with women - on their own authority.Pedagogically rich chapters with chapter overviews, learning outcomes, key terms, clinical interest boxes, reflective and critical thinking questions, context-specific boxes, research and critical appraisal activities, plentiful diagrams and illustrations, summary boxes and questions for review, references, further reading lists and online resources.A unique emphasis on a woman-centred approach, which emphasises the normal, physiologicial life event that is child-birth, that is, birth without unnecessary intervention.Equips midwives to work autonomously within the full scope of midwifery practice, and collaboratively with other health professionals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0729537560
• ISBN13: 9780729537568
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Australia
• Length: 976 Pages
• Weight: 4.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 1.8" x 8.3"