Professional Ethics in Midwifery Practice (Midwifery)

This book is Print On Demand. Orders can take 4-6 weeks to fulfill.Doody's Review Service - 4 Stars!Professional Ethics in Midwifery Practice is an applied ethics book designed for both students and practicing midwives to build ethical thinking in the context of daily practice. This unique text uses an accessible writing style and includes chapters on diversity and justice, informed consent, multiple relationships, confidentiality and privacy, scope of practice, and others. Realistic case examples throughout the text encourage critical thinking in applied ethics. The authors present a unique model for midwives' ethical thinking and appendices include widely used codes of ethics in the field. (c) 2011 268 pages