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
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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 Nested
Narrative 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, Sue
Henry, Mary Newburn, Cathy Warwick and Ngai Fen Cheung).
Chapter 4 Leadership for Effective Change in Mother and Infant
Health: 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 Louise
Simpson).
Chapter 6 Expertise in Intrapartum Midwifery Practice (Louise
Simpson and Soo Downe).
Chapter 7 Enhancing Expertise and Skills Through Education
(Denis Walsh).
Chapter 8 What is a Skilled Birth Attendant? Insights from South
America (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 Caesarean
Section Rates and Improve Maternal and Infant Well-being (Alison
Brodrick, Nicky Mason, Janet Baldwin and Sophie Cowley).
Chapter 12 Bringing It All Together (Soo Downe, Louise Simpson
and Sheena Byrom).
Index.
Mengenai Pengarang
Soo Downe is Professor in Midwifery Studies at University of Central Lancashire. She is the founder member, steering group member, and Chair of the Royal College of Midwives Campaign for Normal Birth, the Francine Gooris International Midwifery Chair in Belgium, Chair of the International Confederation of Midwives research standing committee and Visiting Professor, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong.
Sheena Byrom is a Consultant Midwife at both the University of Central Lancashire and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. She is a member of the National Consultant Midwives Group and member of several East Lancashire stategic partnership boards for Teenage Pregnancy, Domestic Abuse and Sure Start
Louise Simpson is a postgraduate student at the University of Central Lancahire, currently working on a Ph D entitled ‘Midwives views of the nature of midwifery expertise’, supervised by Soo Downe and Sheena Byrom.
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