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.
Research is now a fundamental part of midwifery practice. However, not everyone finds it easy to understand the basic principles, and particularly the language of research. This book provider an answer to these frustrations.
This book is evidencve based, fully illustrated and easy to follow for all health professionals involved in the physical aspects of antenatal education-midwives, health visitors, physiotherapists, NCT teachers, andexercise teachers.
This unique bookm makes research accessible and understandable to midwives at all levels of experience and in all clinical areas. It will make a contribution to midwifery practice by increasing the skills of midwives in critically analysing researc h and applying it to practice.
This book is a clear and concise introduction to all aspects of research viewed from a midwifery perspective.It gives equal weight to quantitative and qualitative approaches, desribes principles underlying the various approaches used in midwifery research, and offers midwifery and neonatal examples throughout.
Normal childbirth: evidence and debate provides a unique perspective on a area which has been largely neglegcted in the past. This perspective is rooted in a challenge to current ways of thinking about health.
This is the first book to explore public health from the perspective of the midwife and examines the midwife's role in maintaining and improving health from a more global and population-based focus. With contributions from leading academics and practising midwives, real life initiatives are discussed.
Nursing care of women is a comprehensive account of the total health needs of women. Much of the content relates to gynaecology but many other aspects of women's health have been included to provide a more holistic approach to the health care needs of women.
The enthusiasm whish greeted publication of the first three volumes in this midwifery practice series highlighted the need felt by midwives for material which would help them to underpin their practice with research.
This first book in the maternity practice series encourages readers ti continue to be reflective about their own practice and to chalenge traditional practice in midwifery.