Marie Berg – författare

Midwifery has a strong position in the Nordic countries, and a history over several centuries as a profession with a professional responsibility for normal birth. Even if midwifery has a long tradition, the theoretical base needs to be developed for midwives and other professionals in the field. The idea behind this book is to describe and discuss Nordic midwifery related to its own context as well as in an international perspectve. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 presents midwifery in its Nordic context. Part 2 presents theories, concepts, and perspectives in midwifery, such as evidence-based midwifery, perspectives on childbearing, salutogenesis, normal birth, midwife–woman relationship, woman-centred care, family-centred care, continuity of care, place of birth, and support. The editors of this book have chosen these theories, concepts, and perspectives as they are central to international midwifery and also are used by Nordic researchers. The third part of this book consists of eight chapters presenting examples of theories and concepts developed in the Nordic countries. This part also includes a chapter about continuity of care in a Danish context, the only Nordic country with this care model.The target groups for this book are midwifery students, PhD students, and researchers as well as midwives, obstetricians, nurses, and other health professionals.

C'est ce qu'on dit with Website is a second-year (intermediate-level) companion textbook to the beginning-level textbook Comme on dit, and as such follows the same basic format and principles: students work with hundreds of samples of authentic, nonscripted spoken and written French and are led in a step-by-step manner from rule discovery to the acquisition of speaking, reading, writing, and listening competence. The homework activities and inductive presentation of grammar guarantee a completely student-centered approach, as student input is required in each and every exercise. Given the more advanced focus of C'est ce qu'on dit, exercises lead students to expand their competence not just with conversational registers but with formal written and spoken registers, as well. The accompanying companion website–included with the book–offers audio and fully integrated exercises to use alongside the text.Programs that take advantage of the full range of speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, and cultural expansion activities in C'est ce qu'on dit will find it to be a robust standalone program; however, in the event that programs prefer to include an outside content component, suggestions are offered in the preface and throughout each unit for ways to free up classroom time. By the end of C'est ce qu'on dit, an average student can be expected to have attained the competency objectives described as Advanced-Low on the ACTFL proficiency scale and as a B1 level on the Common European Framework scale (CEFR).To aid instructors in effectively implementing this distinctive approach, the Teacher's Edition textbook comes with answers for all activities, plus teaching notes in the margins and extensive ancillary resources online. For Instructors: Please submit print exam and desk copy requests for the Teacher’s Edition using ISBN 978-1-64712-213-3. The Teacher’s Edition includes answers for all activities, plus teaching notes in the margins.

New Thinking on Improving Maternity Care is the result of years of comparative international research, with the goal of finding and generating the best possible evidence across a range of childbirth practices, contexts, and issues in Europe. There is a general shift towards a more risk-averse approach to childbirth globally, but this is occurring at different rates in population attitudes and in use of childbirth technologies, in different countries. The drivers to such changes can also vary from country to country, but the clinical, social and economic consequences are similar.This book offers a new set of theories to help explain the nature of maternity care provision across Europe and beyond, including complexity theory, salutogenesis, and new concepts of organisational culture. The aim of the book is to examine the nature of these theories, and to apply them to a range of practical situations in a number of different countries. A fascinating book, that will become required reading for European maternity professionals.

Vårdandet har alltid funnits med som ett naturligt inslag kring den barnafödande kvinnan men dess innehåll och innebörder är ofta dolda, svåra att fånga och förstå. Denna andra upplaga har genomgått en omfattande uppdatering samt utökats med tre kapitel. I boken berör elva författare olika aspekter av barnafödande med utgångspunkt i egen verksamhet och forskning. Syftet är att öka förståelsen för vårdandets innebörder, aktiviteter och förhållningssätt vid graviditet, förlossning, neonatalperiod, amning samt ofrivillig barnlöshet. Eftersom boken täcker in ett kunskapsområde som inte tas upp i andra läroböcker är den unik i sitt slag. Den är användbar vid universitets- och högskoleutbildning på avancerad nivå samt vid fortbildning av yrkesverksamma inom hälso- och sjukvården, framförallt för barnmorskor.

Reproduktiv, perinatal och sexuell hälsa är ett självständigt huvudområde knutet till livets början och området för mänsklig reproduktion i ett livscykel- och genusperspektiv. Inom huvudområdet studeras och utvecklas kunskap om den normala processen och dess avvikelser i samband med graviditet, förlossning och nyföddhetsperiod samt föräldraskapets utveckling. Vidare studeras och utvecklas kunskap och teorier om kvinnors reproduktiva hälsa, sexualitet och fertilitetskontroll samt barnmorskansfrämjande, förebyggande, vårdande och behandlande arbete – med och för – kvinnan, barnet och familjen. Reproduktiv hälsa omfattar barnmorskans verksamhet inom reproduktiv, perinatal och sexuell hälsa. Boken är uppbyggd utifrån ICM:s (International Confederation of Midwives) beskrivning av barnmorskans kompetensområden. Boken finns tillgänglig digitalt, inklusive fördjupande bildmaterial.Boken riktar sig till barnmorskestudenter och yrkes­verk­samma barnmorskor samt till övriga hälsoprofessioner verksamma inom reproduktiv hälsa.”Rekommenderas till landets barnmorskeutbildningar, kliniska verksamheter och andra intresserade för att uppnå gedigen och underbyggd kunskap.”Eva Nordlund, ordförande, Svenska Barnmorskeförbundet