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The Law and the Midwife, PDF eBook

The Law and the Midwife PDF

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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

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