Midwifery Essentials: Emergency Maternity Care: Volume 6

New addition to the popular Midwifery Essentials series designed to help readers understand and master a range of core issues safely and with confidence! Written by leading midwifery academics, each book in the series provides a user-friendly source of information which has been fully updated throughout to reflect the latest evidence-base for current practice. Now with an improved design to make learning as easy as possible, each paperback in the series focuses on the importance of communication and contemporary women-centred care and presents helpful ‘scenarios’ to encourage debate and reflection.The Midwifery Essentials series is ideal for all midwives – whether qualified or in training – and is also helpful to nurses and HCAs working in the maternity environment.Provides a useful, friendly source of informationStrong focus on contemporary women-centred careDesigned to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and proceduresScenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provisionHelpful ‘jigsaw’ approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotionExplains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical proceduresChapters designed to be read as a ‘standalone’ or in successionEmphasises the crucial role of effective communication