cover image - Stories in Midwifery - E-Book, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780729589918
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 07-26-2023
Page Count: 176
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $43.99

Stories in Midwifery - E-Book, 3rd Edition

by Allison Cummins, MEd, BN, Midwifery Certificate, Katharine Gillett, Karen Mclaughlin, Loretta Musgrave and Jessica Wood

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cover image - Stories in Midwifery - E-Book, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780729589918
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 07-26-2023
Page Count: 176
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $43.99
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This insightful book and accompanying video resource present a collection of perspectives relating to different issues around birthing and midwifery.Through the voices of birthing women/people/mothers/parents/partners, midwives, students, health professionals and family members, you will build empathy and understanding, reflect, and learn to apply innovative approaches in your own practice. The book covers a range of topics, such as midwifery continuity of care, place of birth, multiple pregnancy, complex pregnancies, congenital birth abnormalities, supporting culturally and linguistically diverse women, anxiety and depression, and working with women with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Stories in midwifery provides teaching and learning strategies ideal for students and practising midwives alike. Readers will develop the skills, attitudes and mindfulness necessary for working in partnership with women, childbearing people and their families across a variety of settings.

    • 22 chapters addressing a range of topics across the childbearing continuum
    • 35 video ‘personal stories’ across a range of topics related to pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period
    • A framework for reflection, inquiry and action – relates stories to your own practice
    • Teaching and learning strategies for each story
    • Weblinks, references and further reading to support learning
    • Transcripts of all interviews included at the back of the book
    • An eBook (with videos embedded) included in all print purchases
    • Supports midwifery curricula; suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate levels
  • 1. Continuity of midwifery care
    2. Homebirth
    3. Vaginal breech birth
    4. Having a baby in your 40s
    5. Grand multiparity
    6. Rural and remote midwifery
    7. Caesarean section
    8. Same-sex parenting
    9. Young mothers
    10. Indigenous mothers and midwives
    11. Fathers
    12. Multiple pregnancy
    13. Perinatal mental health
    14. Complex pregnancies
    15. Grief and Loss
    16. Assisted reproductive techniques
    17. Vaginal birth after caesarean section
    18. Using water immersion for labour and birth
    19. Privately practising midwives
    20. Birthing a baby with congenital abnormalities – anencephaly
    21. Cultural and linguistic diversity
    22. Working with a woman with physical and/or intellectual disabilities
  • Allison Cummins, MEd, BN, Midwifery Certificate, Lecturer in Midwifery, Course Coordinator, Master of Midwifery Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, Katharine Gillett, Karen Mclaughlin, Loretta Musgrave and Jessica Wood
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