Midwifery Continuity of Care , 2nd Edition

Description

Endorsed by the Australian College of Midwives and The Royal College of Midwives

Midwifery Continuity of Care is a robust ‘how to’ guide to establishing midwifery continuity of care. Written by a team of international experts in their field, this book highlights lessons learned to help develop new ways of planning, implementing, evaluating and sustaining midwifery continuity of care for the benefit of women, babies and communities.

 

 

Key Features

• Summarises the evidence for midwifery continuity of care to support policy makers, commissioners of maternity services and health service executives with their implementation of midwifery continuity of care
• Practical real world examples, stories and experiences to bring to life the diversity of ways that midwifery continuity of care can be implemented
• Highlights a range of issues for managers and leaders to be aware of, including organisational, industrial and safety and quality issues
• Explores how building alliances can enable midwifery continuity of care to flourish, addressing scaling up and sustainability

Evolve Student and Faculty Resources:

• eBook on VitalSource
• An inspirational video interview with author, Jane Sandall

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Caroline Homer, PhD, RM, Co-Program Director, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, Burnet Institute, Victoria, Australia Emeritus Professor of Midwifery, Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Pat Brodie, Professor of Maternity Practice, Development and Research, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Jane Sandall and Nicky Leap, Director of Midwifery Practice and Associate Professor of Midwifery, Centre for Midwifery and Family Health, Faculty of Nursing, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia