Professional Studies for Midwifery Practice, 1st Edition
The explosion of information in midwifery makes it hard for practitioners and students to keep up. This book reviews and analyses the mostimportant topics and key professional issues with which midwives today must be familiar and the underpinning theory and concepts, on which clinical practice must be built. It covers core aspects of their increasingly responsible role, the scope of professional practice, ethical issues, clinical risk management, quality in midwifery and examines issues related to management, autonomy and teamwork, supervisors and managers. The book also reviews underpinning concepts which a midwife has to face in a varietyof ways in practice, accessing information, reflective practice, lifelong learning, cultural issues and ways in which midwives may influence the future of their profession. Covering the crucial theoretical issues, this book looks at their application into contemporary practice.
ISBN :
9780443061141
Publication Date :
04-08-2000
Stock Status :
Please allow 10-14 working days for delivery
The explosion of information in midwifery makes it hard for practitioners and students to keep up. This book reviews and analyses the mostimportant topics and key professional issues with which midwives today must be familiar and the underpinning theory and concepts, on which clinical practice must be built. It covers core aspects of their increasingly responsible role, the scope of professional practice, ethical issues, clinical risk management, quality in midwifery and examines issues related to management, autonomy and teamwork, supervisors and managers. The book also reviews underpinning concepts which a midwife has to face in a varietyof ways in practice, accessing information, reflective practice, lifelong learning, cultural issues and ways in which midwives may influence the future of their profession. Covering the crucial theoretical issues, this book looks at their application into contemporary practice.
Author Information
Edited by Diane M. Fraser, PhD, MPHil, BEd, MTD, RM, RGN, Professor of Midwifery and Head of Academic Division of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Notttingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
| ISBN Number | 9780443061141 |
|---|---|
| Description Author List | Edited by Diane M. Fraser, PhD, MPHil, BEd, MTD, RM, RGN, Professor of Midwifery and Head of Academic Division of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Notttingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Edition Number | 1 |
| Format | Book |
| Trim | Other |
| Illustrations | 19 ills. |
| Imprint | Churchill Livingstone |
| Page Count | 256 |
| Publication Date | 4 Aug 2000 |
| Stock Status | Please allow 10-14 working days for delivery |
Reflective Writing/Articulating Information · Accessing Information · Cultural Issues in Professional Practice · Confronting Stereotypes and Prejudices · Ethical Dilemmas in Midwifery Practice · Responsibilities and Accountability · The Scope of Professional Practice · Autonomy and Teamwork · Supervisors and Managers · Quality in Midwifery · Influencing the Future
"This book will prove incredibly useful. It will, I m sure, be a book that you dip into again and again. Make sure your library has several copies!" Mary Stewart, Midwifery Lecturer, MIDIRS Midwifery Digest June 2001 Vol 11 No 2, June 2001
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