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The Roar Behind the Silence: Why Kindness, Compassion and Respect Matter in Maternity Care
Sheen (Ed) Byrom
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Description for The Roar Behind the Silence: Why Kindness, Compassion and Respect Matter in Maternity Care
Paperback. The Roar Behind the Silence provides information, inspiration and practical suggestions to support maternity care workers, policy makers, and maternity care funders across the world in their quest to deliver sensitive, compassionate and high quality maternity services. Editor(s): Byrom, Sheena; Downe, Soo. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: MJTF; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
For many years there has been growing concern about the culture of fear that is penetrating maternity services throughout the world, and that the fear felt by maternity care workers is directly and indirectly being transferred to the women and families they serve. The consequences of fear includes increased risk of defensive practice, where the woman and her family become potential enemies to those providing her care. In addition, the prevailing risk management and 'tick box' culture in maternity services encourages maternity workers to give priority to the records instead of the childbearing woman. These factors contribute to the dissatisfaction ... Read more
For many years there has been growing concern about the culture of fear that is penetrating maternity services throughout the world, and that the fear felt by maternity care workers is directly and indirectly being transferred to the women and families they serve. The consequences of fear includes increased risk of defensive practice, where the woman and her family become potential enemies to those providing her care. In addition, the prevailing risk management and 'tick box' culture in maternity services encourages maternity workers to give priority to the records instead of the childbearing woman. These factors contribute to the dissatisfaction ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pinter & Martin Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780661803
SKU
V9781780661803
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Sheen (Ed) Byrom
Sheena Byrom has been a midwife since the 1970s, working in hospitals, birth centres and homes, and later becoming a consultant midwife and head of midwifery. She writes and lectures regularly on midwifery topics, chairs the Royal College of Midwives campaign for normal birth, and is a trustee of the Iolanthe Midwifery Trust and a patron of StudentMidwife.Net. Her book, ... Read more
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