The Law and the Midwife, 2nd Edition

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The Law and the Midwife, 2nd Edition

Shirley R. Jones,Rosemary Jenkins

Description

The second edition of this successful text is an essential and accessible guide to legal aspects of midwifery for all midwife supervisors, midwives, and midwifery students. Midwives will find this book provides them with the knowledge and understanding they require to make sense of the legal principles that affect their day-to-day work and allay their anxieties, encouraging them to extend and develop their practice safely and with confidence.

This new edition includes new and revised case studies throughout. It also contains new sections on NHS accountability, the Human Rights Act, the Data Protection Act, reproductive technologies and disciplinary pathways.

· Relates legal issues to everyday midwifery practice
· Written by an experienced midwife for midwives
· Accessible, relevant and up-to-date

About the Author

Professor Shirley R. Jones is currently the Head of School at the School of Women's Health, University of Central England, UK.

Features

* very accessible style and presentation
* written by a midwife for midwives
* builds on the author's extensive experience
* relates legal issues to everyday midwifery practice
* includes a new chapter on NHS accountability
* contains new and revised case studies throughout
* relevant and up-to-date
* incorporates 2003 Midwives' Rules
* includes new sections on the human rights act, data protection act, reproductive technologies and disciplinary pathways

To Purchase this product, please visit

https://dev.store.wiley.com/en-sg/The+Law+and+the+Midwife%2C+2nd+Edition-p-9780470774779