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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...
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.
Written by a host of expert contributors joining best-selling author Rosamund Bryar
Contains engaging end-of-chapter activities
Captures the expansion of midwifery research that has tested and developed the field's traditional theory base
Highlights the value of theory from other disciplines - from psychology to ergonomic design
Incorporates the professional experience of theorists from across the world.
Extensively updated and reworked edited collection
New exercises: undergraduate and postgraduate specific activities highlight the significance of the theoretical framework to everyday practice
PART I Introduction; R.Bryar & M.Sinclair Conceptualising Midwifery; R.Bryar & M.Sinclair Midwifery Theory Development; R.Bryar & M.Sinclair Understanding Motivational Theory and the Psychology of Breastfeeding; J.Stockdale, M.Sinclair, G.Kernohan & J.Keller PART II Motivation, Breastfeeding and Midwives: Theory in action; J.Stockdale, M.Sinclair, G.Kernohan & J.Keller The Breastfeeding Chair; L.Jones & S.Kendall Exploring Emotion in Midwifery Work: A First Person Account; B.Hunter Nesting and Matrescence; D.Walsh Exploring the Presence of Comfort Within the Context of Childbirth; K.Durnell Schuiling, C.Sampselle & K.Kolcaba Birth Territory: a Theory for Midwifery Practice; K.Fahy, J.Parratt, M.Foureur, C.Hastie Using Concept Development to Develop a Model of Birth Technology Competence; K.Crozier & M.Sinclair Contemporary Caesarean Section Theory: Risk, Uncertainty and Fear; M.Kealy & P.Laimputtong Developing a Theoretical Framework for Greater Understanding: the Example of Bullying in Midwifery; P.Gillen, M.Sinclair & G.Kernohan The Partnership model; R. Mander.
