Midwifery
Midwifery texts from Palgrave Macmillan offer reliability and quality across midwifery care. These trusted books will help you to meet challenges, and to support your learning, teaching and practice needs.
Dianne Garland, author of Revisiting Waterbirth reports on her experiences of the International Confederation of Midwifes 29th Triennial Conference. Read the full report here. |
Advice to Student Midwives – Mavis Kirkham, author of The Midwife-Mother Relationship shares her expertise and offers valuable advice; “Remember we have the best job in the world. We actually get paid to attend miracles. Enjoy it and work to make the systems around us function better.” Read the full article here. |
Theory for Midwifery Practice
2nd edition
edited by Rosamund Bryar and Marlene Sinclair
9780230211926
This new edition of a highly regarded classic midwifery text encourages critical thinking about the art and science of midwifery.
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Writing for Nursing and Midwifery Students
2nd edition
by Julio Giminez
9780230285187
'I don't think that I have come across a book before which provides so much detail and so many examples.' - Claire Hale, Dame Kathleen Raven Professor of Clinical Nursing, University of Leeds, UK
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Revisiting Waterbirth
by Dianne Garland
9780230273573
This revised version of Garland's previous book Waterbirth gives clear and structured guidance on the use of water in labour, through clinical scenarios, research summaries and evidence-based advice for both students and practitioners.
Pharmacology for Midwives
by Sue Jordan
9780230215580
The new edition has been fully revised by the highly respected author. This comprehensive and trusted text covers all the drug situations a midwife is likely to encounter. Essential reading!
The Midwife-Mother Relationship
by Mavis Kirkham
9780230577367
The new edition of this ground-breaking text brings together classic and current research. It remains the definitive guide to the complex area of midwife-mother relations.
‘I think this is one of the best childbirth books I have ever read…I think it is an essential text for midwives, I’m sure even the best will find something to learn, something to use, or a way of fostering good midwifery amongst their colleagues’ – Vicki Williams, AIMS journal.
To read the rest of the review, please click here.
Emotions in Midwifery and Reproduction
edited by Billie Hunter and Ruth Deery
9780230542518
The leading authors of this innovative text consider emotion work across maternity care and infertility services.
Managing Childbirth Emergencies in Community Settings
by Vivien Woodward, Karen Bates and Nicki Young
9781403905178
Currently, there is little guidance for midwives managing childbirth emergencies outside the hospital and without immediate medical assistance. This book addresses the deficit and provides both clinical and professional guidance for midwifery practice.