Theory for midwifery practice /
edited by Rosamund Bryar & Marlene Sinclair.
- 2. ed.
- xviii, 322 p.
Signposting future developments in midwifery theory, practice and research -- Conceptualizing midwifery -- Midwifery theory development -- Understanding motivational theory and the psychology of breastfeeding -- Motivation, breastfeeding and midwifes: theory in action -- The research design and development of a new breastfeeding chair -- Exploring emotion in midwifery work: a first-person account -- Nesting and matrescence -- Exploring the presence of comfort within the context of childbirth -- Birth territory: a theory for midwifery practice -- Developing a model of birth technology competence using concept development -- Contemporary caesarean section theory: risk, uncertainty and fear -- Developing a theoretical framework: bullying in midwifery -- The partnership model.