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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2011Description: xvi, 246 pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780415563345
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.2
Contents:
Section 1. The politics of midwifery and sustainability
Globalization, midwifery and maternity services : struggles in meaning and practice in states under pressure
Sustaining midwifery in an ever changing world
Costing birth as commodity or sustainable public good
'Choice' and justice : motherhood in a global context
Section 2. Midwifery as a sustainable health care practice
'Relationships -- the glue that holds it all together' : midwifery continuity of care and sustainability
Promoting a sustainable midwifery workforce : working towards 'ecologies of practice'
Sustained by joy : the potential of flow experience for midwives and mothers
The birthing environment : a sustainable approach
Sustainable midwifery education : a case study from New Zealand
Mentoring new graduates : towards supporting a sustainable profession
Good housekeeping in midwifery practice : reduce, reuse and recycle
Section 3. Supporting an ecological approach to parenting
Parents as consumers
Breastfeeding and sustainability : loss, cost, 'choice', damage, disaster, adaption and evolutionary logic
The pregnant environment
An ecology of antenatal education
Co-sleeping : an ecological parenting practice
How can birth activism contribute to sustaining change for better birthing for women, families and societies in the new millennium?
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Book Book Main Library Reference Section Circulation C 618.2 Su964 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 125291d

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1. The politics of midwifery and sustainability

Globalization, midwifery and maternity services : struggles in meaning and practice in states under pressure

Sustaining midwifery in an ever changing world

Costing birth as commodity or sustainable public good

'Choice' and justice : motherhood in a global context

Section 2. Midwifery as a sustainable health care practice

'Relationships -- the glue that holds it all together' : midwifery continuity of care and sustainability

Promoting a sustainable midwifery workforce : working towards 'ecologies of practice'

Sustained by joy : the potential of flow experience for midwives and mothers

The birthing environment : a sustainable approach

Sustainable midwifery education : a case study from New Zealand

Mentoring new graduates : towards supporting a sustainable profession

Good housekeeping in midwifery practice : reduce, reuse and recycle

Section 3. Supporting an ecological approach to parenting

Parents as consumers

Breastfeeding and sustainability : loss, cost, 'choice', damage, disaster, adaption and evolutionary logic

The pregnant environment

An ecology of antenatal education

Co-sleeping : an ecological parenting practice

How can birth activism contribute to sustaining change for better birthing for women, families and societies in the new millennium?

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