Midwifery: Best Practice Volume 5

SECTION 1 Women and midwives 1.1 Women, midwives, partnership and power 1.2 Conflicting ideologies as a source of emotion work in midwi fery 1.3 Advice on advice
1.4 Developing a maternity unit visitin g policy
1.5 Handle with care!
1.6 Protecting the public - from me 1.7 The landscape of caring for women: a narrative study of midwif ery practice
1.8 Midwives: praise and beyond

Topics for furthe r reflection SECTION 2 Focus on?The Birthing Environment 2.1 How women choose where to give birth
2.2 Home birth: a social proce ss, not a medical crisis
2.3 Home birth: safe as houses?
2.4 The influence of maternity units’ intrapartum intervention rates and midwiv es’ risk perception for women suitable for midwifery-led care
2.5 Bi rth centres: a success story 2.6 Defining and developing the birth ce ntre 2.7 Improving the birthing environment (parts 1 and 2)
Topic s for further reflection SECTION 3 Pregnancy 3.1 Tell me a s tory
3.2 Getting parent education right
3.3 Fears and feelings i n second-time pregnancy
3.4 Women’s needs from antenatal care in thr n second-time pregnancy
3.4 Women’s needs from antenatal care in thr