Introducing the Social Sciences for Midwifery Practice makes clear the links between social, anthropological and psychological concepts, midwifery practice and women-s experience of birth. Demonstrating how empathising with women and understanding the context in which they live can affect childbirth outcomes and experiences, this evidence-based text emphasises the importance of compassionate and humane care in midwifery practice.
Exploring midwifery as an art, as well as a science, the authors collected here make the case for midwives as professionals working -with women- rather than as birth technicians, taking a purely competency-based approach to practice. The book incorporates a range of pedagogical features to enhance student learning, including overall chapter aims and learning outcomes, -recommendations for practice-, -learning triggers- to encourage the reader to delve deeper and reflect on practice, -application to practice- case studies which ensure that
