Maternity Perinatal

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It is a practice-centr...

This is a study based on research into the records of the Nightingale Fund and how it was used to finance various experi...

The NMC have produced standards of proficiency for pre registration midwifery education and those standards have been wr...

Failure to Progress discusses what is happening within midwifery as well as to the midwifery profession in the context o...

Research is now a fundamental part of midwifery practice. However, not everyone finds it easy to understand the basic pr...

Presenting an accessible book which concentrates on the research relating to current issues in midwifery. This challeng...

Many women who have higher-risk pregnancies, complications or medical conditions require specialist obstetric or multidi...

With the increasing risk of litigation in midwifery, there is often a move to err on the side of caution and classify wo...

Since the development of modern medicine, men have become increasingly involved in childbearing as obstetricians and, mo...

This book considers the broad range of support given to mothers including social, psychological and clinical. It also lo...

Peripartum care is part of the routine practice of family doctors, midwives and obstetricians, but for mothers childbirt...

Each year more than 4 million children are born with birth defects. This book highlights the unprecedented opportunity t...