The foundation between midwife and mother is the foundation upon which maternity care depends. Covering completely new topics areas, the new edition of this ground-breaking text brings together classic and current research to establish key tenets for maternity care within hospital and home. This ground-breaking essential text reaffirms the fragility and the power of the relationship between midwife and mother and remains the definitive guide to the complex area of midwife-mother relations.
Introduction.- The Maternity Services Context; M.Kirkham.- The Less We Do the More We Give; N.Leap.- Emotion Work and Relationships in Midwifery; R.Deery & B.Hunter.- The Midwife:: a Professional Servant? M.Cronk.- Poor Relations:: the Paucity of the Professional Paradigm; R.Wilkins.- Theres so much potential...and for whatever reason its not being realised Womens Relationships with Midwives as a Negotiation of Ideology and Practice; N.Edwards.- Feeling Safe Enough to Let Go:: the Relationship between a Woman and her Midwife during the Second Stage of Labour; T.Anderson.- The Midwife/Mother Relationship where there is Poverty and Disadvantage; A.Gaudion & C.Homeyard.- Pakistani Muslim Women and Midwives Relationships:: What are the Essential Attributes?; K.Bharj & M.Chesney.- Midwifery Relationships with Childbearing Women at Increased Risk; M.Berg.- Midwives Personal Experiences and their Relationships with Women:: Midwives without Children and Midwives who have Experienced Pregnancy Loss; C.Bewley.- Midwifery Partnership:: a Professionalising Strategy for Midwives; S.Pairman.- The Midwife as Container; M.Taylor.- We Need to Relate; M.Kirkham.
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