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The Right to a Perfect Baby?
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By
Jo Wilson, MSc, PGDip, BSc(Hons), MIPD, GN, RN, RSCN, Director, Healthcare Risk Services, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Andrew Symon, MA(Hons), PhD, CTHE, RGN, RM, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Dundee, UK
Description
* Focuses on clinical issues of professionalism and understanding in midwifery practice * Encourages midwives to be reflective practitioners
* Explores ethical questions, such as the competing interests of mother and baby
Audience
Midwives; Diploma and degree students in midwifery; NHS Trusts and Lawyers
Contents
Introduction; Principles of Clinical Governance; Clinical Risk Modification - a collaborative approach to midwifery care; The midwife
and the legal environment; Intra and inter-professional behaviour and communication; The role of the Midwifery Manager and Supervisor
of Midwives; Consent issues during pregnancy and childbirth; Genetic counselling - legal and ethical dilemmas private; The tools of risk
management and their application to midwifery practice; The consumer view; The victims of midwifery accidents; The way forward: clinical
competence, co-operation and communication.
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Paperback, 192 pages, publication date: JAN-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-2851-8
ISBN-10: 0-7506-2851-0
Imprint: BOOKS FOR MIDWIVES
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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