Opportunities for lay midwifery practice.

The Practice of Midwifery

Birth Territory: a theory for midwifery practice.

The theory of Birth Territory describes, explains and predicts the relationships between the environment of the individual birth room, issues of power and control, and the way the woman experiences labour physiologically and emotionally. The theory was synthesised inductively from empirical data generated by the authors in their roles as midwives and researchers. It takes a critical post-struct...

Midwifery data collection: options and opportunities.

Most midwives are aware of the need to collect clinical practice data and of its usefulness in supporting the care they provide, which contributes to healthy outcomes for mothers and babies. For the individual midwife, there is more than one easily accessible, standardized data collection instrument from which to choose. However, despite these choices, in an American College of Nurse-Midwives (...

A Short Practice of Midwifery

.Jellett, b.a., m.d., f.rcp.i. Published by J. & A. Churchill. Fifth Edition; second 10,000: Pp. 654; Illustrations 200. Price 10s. 6d. net. The Fifth Edition of this well-known book requires little beyond its own recommendation. It is admirable for clearness and conciseness, and yet treats of all essentials. Some changes in the sequence of chapters has been made so that the book may be similar...

A Short Practice of Midwifery

Pp. xx., 323. London: J. & A. Churchill. 1897. In this excellent compendium of the essentials of midwifery practice, the author commences with a well-written and precise chapter on aseptic principles and their practical application to midwifery. With reference to the principles laid down criticism needless; the details concerning which some will disagree with the author are not important so lon...