With a focus on a woman and family centred philosophy, and community engagement models of care, this text explores issues including clinical care within the postnatal period, transition into parenthood, empowering parents, morbidity and postnatal care, the healthy newborn, and engaging vulnerable women and families.

Essential Midwifery Practice: Postnatal Care forms part of a series of books that succinctly address the needs of practising midwives on a number of contemporary issues.

• Includes up to date information on recent policy, including NICE guidelines
  
• Written by respected experts in the field
  
• Focused on women and family centered care
  
• For both hospital and community midwives