TY - BOOK AU - Page, L. (ed). TI - The new midwifery: science and sensitivity in practice SN - 0-443-05572-6 AV - WQ 160 .P34 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - London PB - Churchill Livingstone KW - Pregnancy|Midwifery N1 - Explores the contribution of personal sensitivity, communication, science and clinical skills that leads to successful midwifery practice. Explores appropriate care, transition to parenting and physical adaptation and growth in pregnancy, birth and early life which are core area in midwifery practice.Discusses the standards of midwifery care in the context of the pressure put on midwives within rigid hierachical structures that are ill adapted not only to the needs of the mothers and babies, but also to those of the midwives themselves ER -