Myles Textbook for Midwives

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In Marshall JE and Raynor MD (2014) Myles Textbook for Midwives (16th ed), Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier, pp 25-51. Doctor of Philosophy: The effective of a training and mentoring programme for registered midwives in primary maternity settings with respect to managing labour: University of Cape Town, South Africa, December 2012/December 2014. Marshall JE (2012) Developing Midwifery Practice through Work-Based Learning: An Exploratory Study, Nurse Education in Practice (Special edition: Midwifery Education) 12 (5) pp 273-278. Her drive, passion, commitment, and ability to think for herself make her one of the modern heroes of midwifery. She successfully sets out to explore, clearly and simply, some of the issues around HIV and its specific application to the care of pregnant and childbearing women, starting with general information on the virus, disease progression and global epidemiology.

In Marshall JE and Raynor MD (2014) Myles Textbook for Midwives (16th ed), Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier, pp 243-286. In Marshall JE and Raynor MD (2014) Myles Textbook for Midwives (16th ed), Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier, pp 3-23. Kent A, Marshall JE, Chambers M, and Kay L, Improving Knowledge and Skills in Perinatal Mental Health: A Training Needs Analysis.Natural pregnancy and birth philosophy is at the heart of midwifery, but chronic conditions, as well as maternal age are rising and this means midwives are seeing more complications than ever before.

Each chapter comes with Learning Outcome boxes, Case Studies, Key Points and Application to Practice boxes, all of which reinforce learning and help 'bring the subject to life'. This publication which was first written by Margaret Myles in 1953, has developed over time to become the leading international textbook for midwives, selling in over 75 countries. Awarded certification for Outstanding contribution towards valuing, promoting and supporting gender equality at the International Women’s Day Celebration, Kingston University: May 2017. Prepared by editors of international renown, the 16th edition has been fully updated to include the latest guidance on professional regulation, midwifery supervision, legal and ethical issues, risk management and clinical governance. Her first role in education was at the University of Nottingham where she held a variety of teaching and leadership roles, becoming Associate Professor before leaving to take up appointment as the Head of the School of Midwifery and Child Health and Lead Midwife for Education at Kingston University, St George’s University of London.

She is also an associate editor of the International Journal of Childbirth and sits on the Editorial Board of MIDIRS Digest.

Reading this as a teenager I felt like some of my preconceptions were removed, leaving space for the world to rush in.Marshall JE and Ashwin C (2012) ERASMUS student exchange: Enhancing international learning and working in an undergraduate midwifery education programme. For a brilliant step by step guide on how to practice this confidence and what to say in the moment, see this book.