Midwifery Essentials: Emergency Maternity Care: (Volume 6)

Description

New title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful ‘scenarios’ throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery education.

Key Features

•  Provides a useful, friendly source of information
• Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care
• Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures
• Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision
• Helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion
• Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures
• Chapters designed to be read as a ‘standalone’ or in succession
• Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication

Authors Biography

Helen Baston

Affiliations and Expertise
Consultant Midwife Public Health, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Researcher / Lecturer, University of Sheffield; Honorary Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Jenny Hall

EdD RM ADM MSc (Reproduction & Health) PGDip(HE)
Affiliations and Expertise
Independent Midwifery Educator and Researcher, Bristol, UK