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  • Midwifery

    Preparation for practice

    - Now available in two volumes for ease of use: - Book 1 focuses on the context of midwifery practice - Book 2 focuses on midwifery practice - New and significantly updated chapters include: - man rights in childbirth - Midwifery as primary healthcare - Birth place and birth space - Social and environmental determinants of women's health - Contraception - Variations in normal - Endorsed by the ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Birthing Outside the System

    The Canary in the Coal Mine

    Series series Routledge Research in Nursing and Midwifery
    This book investigates why women choose ‘birth outside the system’ and makes connections between women’s right to choose where they birth and violations of human rights within maternity care systems.Choosing to birth at home can force women out of mainstream maternity care, despite research supporting the safety of this option for low-risk women attended by midwives. When homebirth is not ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Midwifery Preparation for Practice

    Now in its 5th edition Midwifery Preparation for Practice continues to present a global model of midwifery best practice that is supported by a range of examples from the Australian, New Zealand and international midwifery contexts.Endorsed by the Australian College of Midwives and the New Zealand College of Midwives the text continues to reinforce the established principles of midwifery ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

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  • Tabbner's Nursing Care

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    Combining medical knowledge with sympathetic common sense, this completely updated comprehensive handbook offers help and advice to all parents and carers of children with Down's syndrome, and shows them how to help their children flourish and reach their full potential. Written in association with the Down's Syndrome Association, this book goes beyond the average introduction to Down's syndrome ... Read more

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  • Midwifery Essentials: Basics E-Book

    Midwifery Essentials: Basics E-Book

    Series Book 1 - Midwifery Essentials
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