Midwifery: Freedom to Practise?
Edited by- Lindsay Reid, BA, PhD, Dip Ed, ADM, Midwife writer and researcher, Fife, Scotland, UK
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. 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.
Paperback, 328 Pages
Published: June 2007
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0-443-10312-4
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
