This new edition of a highly regarded classic midwifery text encourages critical thinking about the art and science of midwifery. Promoting the idea that thinking directly affects practice, it offers a clear explanation of the concepts, theories and models that shape effective evidence-informed care for women. This insightful book challenges the reader to reconsider the knowledge at the heart of your own midwifery practice. It is the essential text on midwifery's growing theoretical framework for students and practitioners alike. New to this Edition: - Extensively updated and reworked edited collection - New exercises: undergraduate and postgraduate specific activities highlight the significance of the theoretical framework to everyday practice
ROS BRYAR Professor of Community and Primary Care Nursing and Head of Public Health and Primary Care Unit at City University, London, England. MARLENE SINCLAIR Professor of Midwifery Research in the Nursing Research Institute at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.
Title: Theory for Midwifery Practice
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ISBN: 9780230211926
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date: 2011-04-19
Number of Pages: 344
Weight: 0.4991 kg
'a sophisticated and intelligent text that provides a fresh and engaging look at the contribution of theory to midwifery knowledge, practice and research' - Dr Sarah Church, Senior Lecturer, School of Health, University of Northampton, UK 'Pertinent, accurate and meaningful' - Kathleen A. Menasche, Clinical Assistant Professor, Texas State University San Marcos School of Nursing, USA '...an invaluable resource...done in a nurturing and supportive manner.' - Nursing Standard (5 stars)