All midwives have a professional obligation through the midwives' Rules to meet the spiritual needs of mothers. This topical and easy to read book will help them. It explains the nature of spiritual caredispelling the myth that is is only concerned with religion and explores its role as an integral part of midwifery practice, using case histories as illustrations.
Midwives need special guidance to equip them for the demands of giving maternity care in the community. This imaginative book, based of the authors' extensive experience of community practice, is the first to recognise their particular concerns.
The book reveals some of the amazing abilities and achievements of human bodies. Rather than providing lost of detail and describing the human body as a machine.
When hospital-trained midwife Penny Armstrong takes on a job delivering the babies of the Amish, she encounters a way of life deeply rooted in the earth. As she renews her resfect for nature she dicovers an approach to giving birth which would change her life for ever.
This handbook offers sound, up to date, practical information and advice about the complete spectrum of approaches to contraception and reproductive sexual health. It gives detailed explanation of all contraceptive methods, including how to use them, contra-indications, interactions and the anxieties clients may have.
This comprehensive, practical guide to all aspects of resuscitation of the newboprn is based on international guidelines for effective treatment. The information provides a detailed, step bay step account of the practicalities involved in neonatal resuscitation - whether in a home or hospital environment.
Accupuncture in midwifery is an excellent introductory guide to the practice of acupuncture within midwifery, making it an essential purchase for midwives at all levels. acupuncturists will also find this text useful.
This book specificaly addresses the uniqueness and complexity of lesrning and assessing in clinical setings, and how such learning can be managed, facilitated and assessed. This isa how to doit' book with a solid theoretical base and considferable empirical research behind the clinical learning and assessment strategies."
Acting as acompanion to women in labour is a spesial privilege and an honour, and a role that midwives regularly enjoy. There is an art to being a supportive presence during birth, to creating a safe and comportable environment and to enabling a women's natural pain relieving endorphins to flow freely.
These are the questions at the hearth of childbirth in the global village which highlights the role that globalisation plays in changing childbirth practices and its implications for midwifery practice and education.