Endorsed by the Australian College of Midwives (ACM) and the New Zealand College of Midwives (NZCOM), Midwifery: Preparation for Practice has long been upheld as the definitive midwifery text for Australian and New Zealand midwifery students. Now in its 4th edition, the text presents a global model of midwifery best practice that is supported by a range of examples from the Australian, New Zealand and international midwifery contexts.
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BOOK 1
SECTION 1: CONTEXT
Chapter 1: The Australian and New Zealand context
Chapter 2: Contemporary Australian and New Zealand midwifery and maternity services
Chapter 3: Human rights in childbirth
Chapter 4: Fear and risk
Chapter 5: Midwifery as primary health
Chapter 6: Birth place and birth space
Chapter 7: Ways of looking at evidence and measurement
SECTION 2: THE WOMAN
Chapter 8: Social and environmental determinations of women’s health
Chapter 9: Midwives working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
Chapter 10: Midwives and Maori women: advancing our relationships
Chapter 11: Options for women around fertility and reproduction
SECTION 3: THE MIDWIFE
Chapter 12: Professional frameworks for practice in Australia and New Zealand
Chapter 13: Legal frameworks for practice in Australia and New Zealand
Chapter 14: Supporting midwives, supporting each other
Chapter 15: Midwifery partnership
Chapter 16: Working in collaboration
Chapter 17: Promoting physiological birth
BOOK 2
SECTION 1: AUTONOMOUS PRACTICE
Chapter 18: Overview of reproductive physiology
Chapter 19: Nutrition and physical activity foundations for pregnancy, childbirth and lactation
Chapter 20: Screening and assessment
Chapter 21: Working with women in pregnancy
Chapter 22: Applied physiology for labour and birth
Chapter 23: Supporting women in labour and birth
Chapter 24: Working with pain in labour
Chapter 25: Using water for labour and birth
Chapter 26: Perineal care and repair
Chapter 27: Overview of physiological changes during the postnatal period
Chapter 28: Supporting women becoming mothers
Chapter 29: Supporting the newborn
Chapter 30: Supporting the breastfeeding mother
Chapter 31: Pharmacology and prescribing
Chapter 32: Contraception
SECTION 2: COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
Chapter 33: Women’s psycho-social health and wellbeing
Chapter 34: Variations in normal
Chapter 35: Challenges in pregnancy
Chapter 36: Disturbances in the rhythm of labour
Chapter 37: Interventions in pregnancy, labour and birth
Chapter 38: Life-threatening emergencies
Chapter 39: Complications in the post-natal period for the mother
Chapter 40: The compromised neonate
Chapter 41: Grief and loss during childbearing – the crying times
A Book Review excerpt from New Zealand College of Midwives (NZCOM), Midwifery News, Issue 93, June 2019
Review undertaken by Mary Kensington on behalf of the NZCOM, MPH, BA, DipT (Tertiary) RGON, ADM, RM
Midwifery lecturer & Head of Midwifery
Ara Institute of Canterbury
Educator Advisor to National Board, NZCOM
"This Australasian textbook has been the definitive midwifery text for midwifery students in New Zealand since first published in 2006. This 4th edition, endorsed by the NZCOM and the Australian College of Midwives (ACM), has been significantly revised and restructured to ensure it continues to reflect current midwifery practice. The new print format is produced as two separate books which makes it more manageable and accessible than previous editions. Book 1 focuses on the context of midwifery practice and Book 2 focuses on midwifery practice.
Feedback from colleagues and students is they are enjoying the two volumes. Some of the comments have been: "Much easier to transport and 'dip in and out of'"; "Very readable and easy to apply to practice". Love the critical thinking exercises, up to the minute research and the coloured pictures".
This is a must have text for students, midwives or anyone interested in finding out more about maternity care whether in Australasia or globally."
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These are fabulous books. I really like the way they are presented and the evidence base is good. They are however very expensive for student to purchase so I will recommend that the library makes a purchase. There are strong links to legislation/ professional bodies in New Zealand and Australia which students in Uk will need to be aware of. Therefore this is the only reason I suggest the book to be supplementary as it is actually Awesome!
These are fabulous books. I really like the way they are presented and the evidence base is good. They are however very expensive for student to purchase so I will recommend that the library makes a purchase. There are strong links to legislation/ professional bodies in New Zealand and Australia which students in Uk will need to be aware of. Therefore this is the only reason I suggest the book to be supplementary as it is actually Awesome!
Very heavy books, not able to take these around with me, not directed at UK population but still relevant with good quality evidence based research and information for midwifery students and practitioners.