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Midwifery

Preparation for Practice: 2 book set

  • 4th Edition - October 1, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Sally Pairman, Sally K. Tracy, Hannah Dahlen, Lesley Dixon
  • Language: English

Endorsed by the Australian College of Midwives (ACM) and the New Zealand College of Midwives (NZCOM), Midwifery: Preparation for Practice has long been upheld as the definitiv… Read more

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Endorsed by the Australian College of Midwives (ACM) and the New Zealand College of Midwives (NZCOM), Midwifery: Preparation for Practice has long been upheld as the definitive midwifery text for Australian and New Zealand midwifery students. Now in its 4th edition, the text presents a global model of midwifery best practice that is supported by a range of examples from the Australian, New Zealand and international midwifery contexts.

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  • Review questions with answers
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    • Table of contents


    BOOK 1
    SECTION 1: CONTEXT
    Chapter 1: The Australian and New Zealand context
    Chapter 2: Contemporary Australian and New Zealand midwifery and maternity services
    Chapter 3: Human rights in childbirth
    Chapter 4: Fear and risk
    Chapter 5: Midwifery as primary health
    Chapter 6: Birth place and birth space
    Chapter 7: Ways of looking at evidence and measurement
    SECTION 2: THE WOMAN
    Chapter 8: Social and environmental determinations of women’s health
    Chapter 9: Midwives working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
    Chapter 10: Midwives and Maori women: advancing our relationships
    Chapter 11: Options for women around fertility and reproduction
    SECTION 3: THE MIDWIFE
    Chapter 12: Professional frameworks for practice in Australia and New Zealand
    Chapter 13: Legal frameworks for practice in Australia and New Zealand
    Chapter 14: Supporting midwives, supporting each other
    Chapter 15: Midwifery partnership
    Chapter 16: Working in collaboration
    Chapter 17: Promoting physiological birth

    BOOK 2
    SECTION 1: AUTONOMOUS PRACTICE
    Chapter 18: Overview of reproductive physiology
    Chapter 19: Nutrition and physical activity foundations for pregnancy, childbirth and lactation
    Chapter 20: Screening and assessment
    Chapter 21: Working with women in pregnancy
    Chapter 22: Applied physiology for labour and birth
    Chapter 23: Supporting women in labour and birth
    Chapter 24: Working with pain in labour
    Chapter 25: Using water for labour and birth
    Chapter 26: Perineal care and repair
    Chapter 27: Overview of physiological changes during the postnatal period
    Chapter 28: Supporting women becoming mothers
    Chapter 29: Supporting the newborn
    Chapter 30: Supporting the breastfeeding mother
    Chapter 31: Pharmacology and prescribing
    Chapter 32: Contraception
    SECTION 2: COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
    Chapter 33: Women’s psycho-social health and wellbeing
    Chapter 34: Variations in normal
    Chapter 35: Challenges in pregnancy
    Chapter 36: Disturbances in the rhythm of labour
    Chapter 37: Interventions in pregnancy, labour and birth
    Chapter 38: Life-threatening emergencies
    Chapter 39: Complications in the post-natal period for the mother
    Chapter 40: The compromised neonate
    Chapter 41: Grief and loss during childbearing – the crying times

    Review quotes

    A Book Review excerpt from New Zealand College of Midwives (NZCOM), Midwifery News, Issue 93, June 2019
    Review undertaken by Mary Kensington on behalf of the NZCOM, MPH, BA, DipT (Tertiary) RGON, ADM, RM
    Midwifery lecturer & Head of Midwifery
    Ara Institute of Canterbury
    Educator Advisor to National Board, NZCOM

    "This Australasian textbook has been the definitive midwifery text for midwifery students in New Zealand since first published in 2006. This 4th edition, endorsed by the NZCOM and the Australian College of Midwives (ACM), has been significantly revised and restructured to ensure it continues to reflect current midwifery practice. The new print format is produced as two separate books which makes it more manageable and accessible than previous editions. Book 1 focuses on the context of midwifery practice and Book 2 focuses on midwifery practice.

    Feedback from colleagues and students is they are enjoying the two volumes. Some of the comments have been: "Much easier to transport and 'dip in and out of'"; "Very readable and easy to apply to practice". Love the critical thinking exercises, up to the minute research and the coloured pictures".

    This is a must have text for students, midwives or anyone interested in finding out more about maternity care whether in Australasia or globally."

    Product details

    • Edition: 4
    • Latest edition
    • Published: November 28, 2018
    • Language: English

    About the editors

    SP

    Sally Pairman

    Affiliations and expertise
    Chief Executive, International Confederation of Midwives, The Hague, The Netherlands

    ST

    Sally K. Tracy

    Affiliations and expertise
    Professor of Midwifery Research, Sydney University; Conjoint Professor, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Australia.

    HD

    Hannah Dahlen

    Affiliations and expertise
    Professor of Midwifery and Higher Degree Research Director, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

    LD

    Lesley Dixon

    Affiliations and expertise
    Midwifery Advisor, New Zealand College of Midwives,Christchurch, Aotearoa, New Zealand.