Essential Midwifery Practice
Expertise Leadership and Collaborative Working
Published on 15. October 2010
248 pages
978-1-4443-2923-0 (ISBN)
Description
Leadership, expertise, and collaborative working are fundamental aspects of efficient and effective healthcare. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the general theories, principles and points of good practice in each of these three areas. This general literature is then contextualised by theoretical and practical implications for maternity care, and illustrated with in-depth case studies of successful innovation and change in practice.
Essential reading for all midwives, midwifery students, and others working in or studying maternity care, this book helps readers understand the theoretical underpinnings of effective leadership, expertise and collaborative ways of working.
Special features:
* Part of the acclaimed Essential Midwifery Practice series
* A theoretical and practical exploration of the nature and application of leadership, expertise and collaborative working in midwifery
* Provides inspirational case studies of change and innovation
* Brings together national and international experts in the field
Reviews / Votes
"The book is well-structured and easy to read. There arenumerous exemplary case studies and opportunities forself-reflection and, I would recommend it as a practical guide forthose interested in developing good practice in their professionalrole." (Babble, 2012)More details
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Soo Downe | Sheena Byrom | Louise Simpson
Expertise Leadership and Collaborative Working
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Persons
Soo Downe is Professor in Midwifery Studies at University ofCentral Lancashire. She is the founder member, steering groupmember, and Chair of the Royal College of Midwives Campaign forNormal Birth, the Francine Gooris International Midwifery Chair inBelgium, Chair of the International Confederation of Midwivesresearch standing committee and Visiting Professor,Kwong WahHospital, Hong Kong.
Sheena Byrom is a Consultant Midwife at both theUniversity of Central Lancashire and East Lancashire Hospitals NHSTrust. She is a member of the National Consultant Midwives Groupand member of several East Lancashire stategic partnership boardsfor Teenage Pregnancy, Domestic Abuse and Sure Start
Louise Simpson is a postgraduate student at theUniversity of Central Lancahire, currently working on a PhDentitled 'Midwives views of the nature of midwifery expertise',supervised by Soo Downe and Sheena Byrom.
Content
Contributors.
Foreword.
Introduction (Soo Downe, Sheena Byrom and Louise Simpson).
Part I: Leadership.
Introduction to Part I (Sheena Byrom).
Chapter 1 Midwifery Leadership: Theory, Practice and Potential(Sheena Byrom and Lesley Kay).
Chapter 2 Transformational Leadership and Midwifery: A NestedNarrative Review (Sheena Byrom, Anna Byrom and Soo Downe).
Chapter 3 What Do Leaders Do to Influence Maternity Services?Midwifery Leadership As Applied to Case Studies (Sheena Byrom, SueHenry, Mary Newburn, Cathy Warwick and Ngai Fen Cheung).
Chapter 4 Leadership for Effective Change in Mother and InfantHealth: Lessons Learned from a Programme of Work on Breastfeeding(Mary J. Renfrew).
Part II: Expertise.
Introduction to Part II (Louise Simpson).
Chapter 5 The Notion of Expertise (Soo Downe and LouiseSimpson).
Chapter 6 Expertise in Intrapartum Midwifery Practice (LouiseSimpson and Soo Downe).
Chapter 7 Enhancing Expertise and Skills Through Education(Denis Walsh).
Chapter 8 What is a Skilled Birth Attendant? Insights from SouthAmerica (Anne Davenport).
Part III: Collaboration.
Introduction to Part III (Soo Downe).
Chapter 9 Collaboration: Theories, Models and Maternity Care(Soo Downe and Kenny Finlayson).
Chapter 10 Case Studies of Collaboration in the UK and China(Ngai Fen Cheung and Anita Fleming).
Chapter 11 Using Collaborative Theories to Reduce CaesareanSection Rates and Improve Maternal and Infant Well-being (AlisonBrodrick, Nicky Mason, Janet Baldwin and Sophie Cowley).
Chapter 12 Bringing It All Together (Soo Downe, Louise Simpsonand Sheena Byrom).
Index.
