ACNM 2012

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Featured Books at this Event

1. Evidence and Skills for Normal Labour and Birth

   A Guide for Midwives, 2nd Edition

   By Denis Walsh

   Evidence-based care is a well established principle in contemporary healthcare and a worldwide health care movement. However, despite the emphasis on promoting evidence-based or effective care without the unnecessary use of technologies and drugs, intervention rates in childbirth continue to rise...

   Published November 1st 2011 by Routledge
2. Breastfeeding in Hospital

   Mothers, Midwives and the Production Line

   By Fiona Dykes

   'Breast is best' is today’s prevailing mantra. However, women – particularly first-time mothers – frequently feel unsupported when they come to feed their baby. This new experience often takes place in the impersonal and medicalized surroundings of a hospital maternity ward where women are 'seen to...

   Published August 16th 2006 by Routledge
3. Evidence-based Care for Breastfeeding Mothers

   A Resource for Midwives and Allied Healthcare Professionals

   By Maria Pollard

   Breastfeeding is a major public health issue. Breast milk provides all the nutrients a baby needs for their first six months. Research studies also show that breastfeeding doesn’t just help to protect infants from infection, but has other benefits such as reducing obesity and can help protect...

   Published July 10th 2011 by Routledge
4. Qualitative Research in Midwifery and Childbirth

   Phenomenological Approaches

   Edited by Gill Thomson, Fiona Dykes, Soo Downe

   Qualitative research, particularly phenomenology, is increasingly popular as a method for midwifery and health-related research. These approaches enable rich and detailed explanations to be uncovered and bring experience to life. Important recommendations and practice- based implications may then...

   Published June 6th 2011 by Routledge
5. From Birth to Five Years

   Children's Developmental Progress, 3rd Edition

   By Mary Sheridan, Ajay Sharma, Helen Cockerill

   From Birth to Five Years, based on the pioneering work of Mary Sheridan, has become a classic guide to the developmental progress of pre-school children. It is widely recognised as an invaluable reference for professionals training or working in health, education and social care. Features of this...

   Published November 25th 2007 by Routledge
6. Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Glenys Boxwell

   Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition of Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing is a comprehensive, evidence-based text for nurses and midwives caring for sick newborn babies. Written by and for nurses, it concentrates on the common problems occurring within the neonatal intensive care unit....

   Published April 29th 2010 by Routledge
7. Becoming a Midwife

   Edited by Rosemary Mander, Valerie Fleming

   What is the reality of being a midwife at the beginning of the twenty-first century? What is it like to help and support women throughout pregnancy and childbirth and into motherhood? What roles can midwives play in society? Becoming a Midwife explores what it is to be a midwife, looking at the...

   Published August 18th 2009 by Routledge
8. Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood

   Global Perspectives, Issues and Interventions

   Edited by Helen Holgate, Roy Evans, Francis K.O. Yuen

   The debate of teenage pregnancy and parenthood continues to be a topical media and political issue, and a contested policy area. Covering the controversial issues, this book contributes to the debate, filling the gap in the current market. The strong chapter selection looks at areas such as:...

   Published October 4th 2006 by Routledge
9. Sustainability, Midwifery and Birth

   Edited by Lorna Davies, Rea Daellenbach, Mary Kensington

   Environmental awareness and sustainability are vitally important concepts in the twenty first century and, as a low environmental impact healthcare profession, midwifery has the potential to stand as a model of excellence. This innovative volume promotes a sustainable approach to midwifery...

   Published October 7th 2010 by Routledge