Midwifery Theory & Concepts Books

New and Published Books

1. Health, Illness and Culture

   Broken Narratives

   Edited by Lars-Christer Hydén, Jens Brockmeier

   Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

   This collection of essays examines the interrelations between illness, disability, health, society, and culture. The contributors examine how "narratives" have emerged and been utilized within these areas to help those who have experienced d injury, disability, dementia, pain, grief, or...

   Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge
2. Becoming a Midwife

   Edited by Rosemary Mander, Valerie Fleming

   What is the reality of being a midwife at the beginning of the twenty-first century? What is it like to help and support women throughout pregnancy and childbirth and into motherhood? What roles can midwives play in society? Becoming a Midwife explores what it is to be a midwife, looking at the...

   Published August 18th 2009 by Routledge
3. Violence and Abuse Issues

   Cross-Cultural Perspectives for Health and Social Services

   By Lee Ann Hoff

   After centuries of being considered a private matter in most societies, violence and its profound effect on the physical health, mental health, and social well-being of victims and their families, as well as on the assailants themselves, has started to take centre stage as a public issue of...

   Published June 28th 2009 by Routledge
4. Managing Long-term Conditions and Chronic Illness in Primary Care

   A Guide to Good Practice

   By Judith Carrier

   Effective management of long-term conditions is an important aspect of contemporary nursing policy and practice. Systematic and evidence-based care which takes account of the expert patient and reduces unnecessary hospital admissions is vital to support those with long-term conditions/chronic...

   Published February 16th 2009 by Routledge
5. Defeating Autism

   A Damaging Delusion

   By Michael Fitzpatrick

   Autism: disease, disorder or difference? What causes autism – genes or environment? Can biomedical treatments cure autism, and are they safe? An increased public awareness of autism has resulted in a rising trend of diagnoses, creating the impression of an ‘epidemic’. Many parents of children...

   Published October 19th 2008 by Routledge
6. Alcohol and Drug Misuse

   A Handbook for Students and Health Professionals

   By G. Hussein Rassool

   Written by an experienced author and lecturer, this five part text presents an introduction to drug and alcohol misuse and provides: the context of alcohol and drug misuse, and the nature and theories of addiction, including a historical overview and policy initiatives in contemporary...

   Published September 25th 2008 by Routledge
7. Therapy and the Postpartum Woman

   Notes on Healing Postpartum Depression for Clinicians and the Women Who Seek their Help

   By Karen Kleiman

   This book provides a comprehensive look at effective therapy for postpartum depression. Using a blend of professional objectivity, evidence-based research, and personal, straight-forward suggestions gathered from years of experience, this book brings the reader into the private world of...

   Published July 23rd 2008 by Routledge
8. Emotional Labour in Health Care

   The unmanaged heart of nursing

   By Catherine Theodosius

   Series: Critical Studies in Health and Society

   Do nurses still care? In today’s inflexible, fast-paced and more accountable workplace where biomedical and clinical models dominate health care practice, is there room for emotional labour? Based on original empirical research, this book delves into personal accounts of nurses' emotion expressions...

   Published June 25th 2008 by Routledge
9. Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression

   Debates and Challenges

   Edited by Barbara Fawcett, Fran Waugh

   Everyone working in health and social care is at one point or another confronted by violent behaviour and its consequences. Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression provides a broad overview of violence in relation to a range of groups and areas that involve human service professionals....

   Published November 21st 2007 by Routledge
10. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Nursing and Midwifery

    Towards a Critical Social Science

    Edited by Jon Adams, Philip Tovey

    This book explores the historical, social, political and cultural facets of integration between complementary and alternative medicine and nursing/midwifery. It examines the ever-expanding integration in relation to: the role and conceptualization of the patient the role and responsibilities...

    Published October 24th 2007 by Routledge