The Midwife-Mother Relationship
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The Midwife-Mother Relationship

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Midwife-Mother Relationship

About this book

The foundation between midwife and mother is the foundation upon which maternity care depends.Covering completely new topics areas, the new edition of this ground-breaking text brings together classic and current research to establish key tenets for maternity care within hospital and home. This ground-breaking essential text reaffirms the fragility and the power of the relationship between midwife and mother and remains the definitive guide to the complex area of midwife-mother relations. New to this Edition:
- Fully revised and expanded to reflect key developments in midwifery philosophy over the past decade, applying a theoretical approach to emerging concepts such as emotional labour and midwifery partnership
- Covers completely new topics areas, including the effects of emotional labour, poverty and health policy
- Combines new works from the previous edition with new chapters on innovative midwifery practice
- Brings together classic and current research to establish key tenets for maternity care within hospital and home

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Yes, you can access The Midwife-Mother Relationship by Mavis Kirkham in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Gynecology, Obstetrics & Midwifery. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780230577367
eBook ISBN
9781137041333
Edition
2
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Gynecology, Obstetrics & Midwifery

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Notes on contributors
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 The Maternity Services Context
  9. 2 The Less We Do the More We Give
  10. 3 Emotion Work and Relationships in Midwifery
  11. 4 The Midwife: A Professional Servant?
  12. 5 Poor Relations: The Paucity of the Professional Paradigm
  13. 6 ‘There's so much potential... and for whatever reason it's not being realized.' - Women's Relationships with Midwives as a Negotiation of Ideology and Practice
  14. 7 Feeling Safe Enough to Let Go: The Relationship between a Woman and her Midwife during the Second Stage of Labour
  15. 8 The Midwife-Mother Relationship Where There Is Poverty and Disadvantage
  16. 9 Pakistani Muslim Women-Midwives Relationships: What Are the Essential Attributes?
  17. 10 Midwifery Relationships with Childbearing Women at Increased Risk
  18. 11 Midwives' Personal Experiences and Their Relationships with Women: Midwives without Children and Midwives Who Have Experienced Pregnancy Loss
  19. 12 Midwifery Partnership: A Professionalizing Strategy for Midwives
  20. 13 The Midwife as Container
  21. 14 We Need to Relate
  22. Index