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Midwifery Community Based Health Care During the Childbearing Year
Midwifery Community Based Health Care During the Childbearing Year Author:Linda V. Walsh This exciting new text prepares students and beginning practitioners for midwifery practice in a rapidly changing health care system. It stresses evaluation of research findings used in clinical decision-making, using a midwifery model of care for healthy pregnant women. The influence of individual and community culture, values, and beliefs is i... more »ncluded in all aspects of the care model, with the woman as the central figure in the assessment of her health care needs and the determination of the most appropriate care processes. It continually stresses that the role of the midwife is to advocate for the woman while creating a climate of care that recognizes the healthy aspects of pregnancy.« less