Birth Centres
A Social Model for Maternity Care
Edited by- Mavis Kirkham, RN, RM, BA, MA, PhD, Cert Ed (Adult), FP Nursing Cert
Contributions will include an interview with Suzanne de Bearn of St Theresa's Maternity Home in France the only independent birth center in France. There will also be contributions from North America, Australia and Europe/Scandinavia making this a truly international publication.
Birth Centres are midwifery's answer to the increasing medicalisation of maternity care. The aim is to provide a safe but more home-like environment for birth, outside of the hospital/doctor interventionist model. The Edgeware Birth Centre is one of the most famous and a report from this center will be included in the book.
Paperback, 284 Pages
Published: May 2003
Imprint: Books For Midwives
ISBN: 978-0-7506-5497-5
Contents
- Foreword: Baroness Cumberlege
Introduction: Mavis Kirkham
Section 1: Birth Centres in the UK
Chapter 1 Birth Centres in the UK (Julie Hall)
Chapter 2 Setting up a Birth Centre (Helen Shallow)
Chapter 3 The Wiltshire Model (Rick Porter and/or Vicky Tinsley)
Chapter 4 Grantham's Midwife Managed Unit (Diane Fraser, Kim Watts, Fehmidah Munir)
Chapter 5 Crowborough (Richard Hallett)
Section 2: The Edgeware Birth Centre
Chapter 6 Consumers in the driving seat: a public health perspective (Ellizabeth Manero, Linda Turner, Stephen Farrow)
Chapter 7 From concept to the Working Model (Olive Jones, Jane Walker)
Chapter 8 Trusts in Partnership (John Spencer, Susan Dolman)
Chapter 9 A GPs Perspective (Jean Beney)
Chapter 10 Evaluation of the Edgeware Birth Centre (Jean Chapple, Dawn Saunders, Mary Boulton)
Chapter 11 The Economic Implications (Julie Ratcliffe)
Chapter 12 Midwifery Assistants (Jane Walker)
Section 3 Birth Centres in the Wider World
Chapter 13 The New Zealand Experience (Sally Pairman, Karen Guilliland)
Chapter 14 RCT of Birth Centre Care in Stockholm (Ulla Waldenstrom)
Chapter 15 Birth Centres in Australia (Kate Griew and Jen Byrne)
Chapter 16 Birth Centres in Germany (Monika Selow/Elisabeth Groh)
Chapter 17 Birth Centres in Austria (Beate Elvira Pfeifenberger-Lamprecht)
Chapter 18 An interview with Suzanne de Bearn of Saint Therese Maternity Home, France
Chapter 19 Birth Centres in Italy (Verene Schmid)
Chapter 20 Birth Centres in North America (Linda Arnold, Angela Frans)
Section 4 The Way Forward (Mavis Kirkham)
