Midwifery: The Basicsprovides an engaging and authentic insight into the midwife's world. It explores the role of the midwife as a clinician and professional, showing how midwives can support women both to achieve a healthy full-term pregnancy and a smooth transition to motherhood. This book begins with a discussion of the context of birth and parenthood, placing midwifery in its broader social context. Topics covered include:the midwife as an autonomous professional;becoming a midwife;pre-conceptual and antenatal care;intrapartum care;postnatal care; andthe specialist midwife. Midwifery: The Basicsuses the voices of mothers, fathers and midwives to illustrate the complex world of becoming, being and supporting parents. This is an essential introduction for students at undergraduate and A-Level who are approaching midwifery for the first time. | Midwifery by Helen Baston, Paperback | Indigo Chapters