The sixteenth edition of "Myles Textbook for Midwives", has been extensively revised and restructured to ensure that it reflects current midwifery practice, with an increased focus on topics that are fundamental to midwifery practice today.
The book is:
- Designed to enable midwifery practitioners to provide safe and competent care, which is tailored to the patient’s individual needs.
- Extensively illustrated to assist visual learning with additional ‘pull out’ textboxes to highlight key information.
- Reflects all modern midwifery curricula by presenting a strong emphasis on evidenced-based practice and the use of technology.
- Offers a full image bank of downloadable illustrations to assist with personal projects and/or further learning.
- References, Further Reading and Useful Websites promote further learning.
- Glossary of Terms and Acronyms provide simple definitions of more complex terminologies.
- Full colour illustrations now used throughout the book, in response to student feedback.
- Contains many new chapters, some of which are authored by members of the multi-professional team.
- Up-to-date guidance on professional regulation, midwifery supervision, legal and ethical issues, risk management and clinical governance.
- Recognition that midwives increasingly care for women with complex health needs, in a multicultural society.