Sustainability, midwifery, and birth / edited by Lorna Davies, Rea Daellenbach, and Mary Kensington.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davies, Lorna, editor.

Daellenbach, Rea, editor.

Kensington, Mary, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Midwifery.

Parturition.

Midwifery--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 296 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"This new edition outlines how sustainability can be incorporated into midwifery practice, education and research. It has been thoroughly revised to include new models of sustainable midwifery practice and new chapters on rural midwives and rural communities, social justice, and compassion"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I The politics of midwifery and sustain ability p. 13

1 Globalisation, midwifery and maternity services: Struggles in meaning and practice in states under pressure p. 15 / Jo Murphy-Lawless

2 Costing birth as commodity or sustainable public good p. 31 / Sally K Tracy

3 Social justice, motherhood and midwives p. 47 / Tricia Thompson

4 Valuing the labour of midwives in Ontario, Canada and New Zealand p. 64 / Juana Berinstein and Ellen Blais and Karen Guilliand

Part II Midwifery as a sustainable healthcare practice p. 81

5 The midwife as social connector p. 83 / Lorna Davies and Susan Crowther

6 Sustained by joy: The potential of flow experience for midwives and mothers and the blocking of that flow p. 99 / Mavis Kirkham

7 Sustained by compassion p. 116 / Sheena Byrom and Diane Ménage

8 Career or life cycle: The phenomenon of transitioning work-setting within midwifery in order to remain personally and professionally sustainable p. 131 / Melanie Welfare

9 Sustaining rural midwives and rural communities p. 146 / Mary Kensington and Jean Rankin

10 Good housekeeping in sustainable midwifery practice p. 162 / Ruth Martis

11 A values-based approach to sustainability literacy in a Bachelor of Midwifery programme p. 179 / Lorna Davies and Niki Harré and Kelly Kara

Part III Supporting sustainable parenting p. 197

12 The pregnant environment p. 199 / Jean Rankin

13 The birthing environment: A sustainable approach p. 216 / Carolyn Hastie

14 Antenatal education: Sustaining healthy families p. 235 / Mary Nolan

15 Climate action and infant feeding p. 248 / Carol Bartle

16 'Good mothers' in the age of finance p. 266 / Shanti Daellenbach and Rea Daellenbach.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780429290558

0429290551

9781000091243

1000091244

OCLC:

1145904735

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.