Sustainability, midwifery and birth
By: edited by Lorna Davies, Rea Daellenbach and Mary Kensington
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780415563338; 9780415563345; 9780203841242
Subjects: Sustainability; Conservation of Natural Resources; Infant Care; Social Environment; Politics; Midwifery; Parturition
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Globalisation, midwifery, and maternity services : struggles in meaning and practice in states under pressure / Jo Murphy-Lawless; title: Sustaining midwifery in an ever changing world / Ina May Gaskin; title: Costing birth as commodity or sustainable public good / Sally Tracy; title: "Choice" and justice : motherhood in a global context / Zoe Meleo-Erwin & Barbara Katz-Rothman; title: Relationships, the glue that holds it all together? : midwifery continuity of care and sustainability / Nicky Leap; title: Promoting a sustainable midwifery workforce : working towards "ecologies of practice" / Ruth Deery; title: Sustained by joy : the potential of flow experience for midwives and mothers / Mavis Kirkham; title: The birthing environment : a sustainable approach / Carolyn Hastie; title: Sustainable midwifery education / Sally Pairman; title: Mentoring new graduates : towards supporting a sustainable profession / Mary Kensington; title: Good housekeeping in midwifery practice / Ruth Martis; title: Parents as consumers / Lorna Davies; title: Breastfeeding and sustainability : loss, cost, "choice", damage, disaster, adaptation, and evolutionary logic / Carol Bartle; title: The pregnant environment / Megan Gibbons and Jean Patterson; title: An ecology of antenatal education / Mary Nolan; title: Co-sleeping : a sustainable healthcare practice / Sally Baddock; title: How can birth activism contribute to sustaining change for better birthing for women, families, and societies in the new millennium? / Rea Daellenbach & Nadine Edwards.