Overview

This book deals with the central theme of freedom to practise midwifery in selected countries of the world. Each chapter has a separate author who has specific knowledge of the country for that chapter either as a citizen or researcher. Freedom to practise midwifery must reflect best practice, both individual and collective. Therefore the underpinning theme of this book is the philosophy of best midwifery practice - particularly that which is evidence-based. To clarify the meaning of the term, the book includes an initial chapter that discusses the aims and realities of achieving best practice wherever in the world a midwife may be and under whatever circumstances she may be working.

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Author:   Lindsay Reid
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Churchill Livingstone
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.470kg
ISBN:  

9780443103124

ISBN 10:   0443103127
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   14 June 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Best practice: aims and realities 3. Midwifery in Australia: emerging from the shadows 4. Embracing change: maintaining standards 5. Midwifery practice in Ghana and Malawi: influences of the health system 6. Does being a Principality with an Assembly government help midwives in Wales to be free to practise? 7. Between a rock and a hard place: the situation of the Finnish midwife 8. Midwifery led care 9. The impact of war on the practice of midwifery and the wellbeing of women and children in Iraq 10. Midwifery Irish style. Government policy: its effects on midwifery practice 11. A culturally diverse and disease-burdened environment: the effects on midwifery practice 12. Birthing in Latvia: midwives serving lovingly 13. Normal birth in Scotland: the effects of policy, geography and culture 14. Independence in practice:a New Zealand case study of midwives partnership 15. Women supporting midwifery: the influence of consumer organisations on best practice

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