| Description |
xvi, 227 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / Rosemary Mander and Debs Purdue -- 1. Midwifery power / Rosemary Mander and Lindsay Reid -- 2. The midwife you have called knows you are waiting...A consumer view / Pat Thomas -- 3. Practice and autonomy / Liz Sargent -- 4. Statutory control / Valerie Fleming -- 5. Supervision at the beginning of a new century / Jean Duerden -- 6. Midwifery discipline: Misconduct and negligence / Andrew Symon -- 7. Autonomy and commitment of life outside midwifery: Women, work and midwifery / Roberta Durham -- 8. Being with women: the midwife-woman relationship / Susan Calvert -- 9. Educating the midwife / Heather Bower -- 10. The midwife and the medical practitioner / Rosemary Mander -- 11. Other countries' experience / Valerie Fleming -- 12. Conclusion: The way ahead / Rosemary Mander and Valerie Fleming -- App. 1. Jan's Diary |
| Summary |
"The changes that are happening within midwifery are of concern to those within the health care system, the academic world and those whose lives are touched by midwifery care. Failure to Progress reflects on the current situation and questions whether it is the most appropriate way of providing care for the childbearing woman. The book discusses what is happening both within midwifery as well as to midwifery as a profession in the context of social change. Topics covered include: the evolution of the midwifes role; women's issues; the functioning of the midwife within the health care system; the effects of organisational change; and the relationships of the midwife with the woman she cares for and with medical practitioners." -- BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Organizational change.
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Midwifery -- Practice -- Great Britain.
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Midwifery -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Midwives -- Professional relationships -- Great Britain.
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Midwifery.
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Natural childbirth.
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Childbirth at home.
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| Author |
Mander, Rosemary, editor
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Fleming, Valerie, editor
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| LC no. |
2002069849 |
| ISBN |
0415235588 (paperback) |
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041523557X (hardcover : back) |
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