Theory for Midwifery Practice

This new edition of a highly regarded classic midwifery text encourages critical thinking about the art and science of midwifery. Promoting the idea that thinking directly affects practice, it offers a clear explanation of the concepts, theories and models that shape effective evidence-informed care for women.

A host of expert contributors join best-selling author Rosamund Bryar in this extensively updated and reworked edited collection, which:

• captures the expansion of midwifery research that has tested and developed the field''s traditional theory base
• highlights the value of theory from other disciplines - from psychology to ergonomic design
• incorporates the professional experience of theorists from across the world.

With engaging end-of-chapter activities, this insightful book challenges you to reconsider the knowledge at the heart of your own midwifery practice. It is the essential text on midwifery''s growing theoretical framework for s