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Midwifery

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias: 

The Gale encyclopedia of nursing & allied health - available online

Encyclopedia & dictionary of medicine, nursing & allied health

Handbooks: 

Oxford Handbook of Midwifery

Foundations of maternal & pediatric nursing

Handbook of obstetric high dependency care

Medical disorders in pregnancy : a manual for midwives

Maternal-neonatal nursing made incredibly easy! available online

Maternal-neonatal facts made incredibly quick! available online

Dictionaries: 

Bailliere's Midwives' Dictionary

Illustrated dictionary of midwifery

Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing & health professions

Dictionary of nursing - available online

Books and Ebooks:
Books:

Coad, J., & Dunstall, M. (2011). Anatomy and physiology for midwives (3rd ed. ed.). Edinburgh :: Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone.

Coyne, P. D. (2012). Schaum's outlines : maternal-newborn nursing. New York :: McGraw-Hill.

Downie, G., MacKenzie, J., & Williams, A. (2010). Calculating drug doses safely a handbook for nurses and midwives (2nd ed. ed.). Edinburgh ; New York :: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier.

Fraser, D. M., Cooper, M. A., & Myles, M. F. (2009). Myles textbook for midwives (15th ed. ed.). Edinburgh ; New York :: Churchill Livingstone.

Leifer, G. (2012). Maternity nursing : an introductory text (11th ed. ed.). St. Louis, Mo. :: Elsevier/Saunders.

Littleton, L. Y., & Engebretson, J. (2013). Maternity nursing care (2nd ed. ed.). Clifton Park, N.Y. :: Delmar.

Lowdermilk, D. L. (2012). Maternity & women's health care (10th ed. ed.). St. Louis, MO :: Mosby.

MacDonald, S., Magill-Cuerden, J., & Warwick, C. (2011). Mayes' midwifery (14th ed. ed.). Edinburgh :: Baillière Tindall.

Marshall, J. E., & Raynor, M. D. (2010). Advancing skills in midwifery practice. Edinburgh ; New York :: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier.

Perry, S. E. (2012). Maternity & newborn nursing : clinical companion (2nd ed. ed.). St. Louis :: Elsevier Mosby.

Pollard, M. (2012). Evidence-based care for breastfeeding mothers : a resource for midwives and allied healthcare professionals. Abingdon, Oxon :: Routledge.

Raynor, M. D., Marshall, J. E., & Jackson, K. (2012). Midwifery practice : critical illness, complications and emergencies : case book. Maidenhead, Berkshire ; New York, NY :: Open University Press.

Mannel, R., et al. (2013). Core curriculum for lactation consultant practice. Burlington, MA :, Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Australian Breastfeeding Association and W. Brodribb (2012). Breastfeeding management in Australia. East Malvern, Vic. :, Australian Breastfeeding Association.

Coates, M.-M., & Riordan, J. (2011). Study guide to accompany breastfeeding and human lactation (4th ed. ed.). Sudbury, Mass. :: Jones & Bartlett Pub.

Genna, C. W. (2013). Supporting sucking skills in breastfeeding infants (2nd ed. ed.). Burlington, MA :: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Lawrence, R. A., & Lawrence, R. M. (2011). Breastfeeding : a guide for the medical profession (7th ed. ed.). Philadelphia :: Mosby/Elsevier.

Mohrbacher, N. (2012). Breastfeeding answers made simple : a pocket guide for helping mothers. Amarillo, TX :: Hale Publishing, L.P.

Pollard, M. (2012). Evidence-based care for breastfeeding mothers : a resource for midwives and allied healthcare professionals. Abingdon, Oxon :: Routledge.

Walker, M. (2011). Breastfeeding management for the clinician : using the evidence (2nd ed. ed.). Sudbury, Mass. :: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

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How-to Guides: 

APA 6th Style Guide

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles: 

Databases:

Maternity and infant care - a resource from MIDIRS for academics and healthcare professionals involved in the care of women and infants. The database covers international English language journals, books, and grey literature relating to the midwifery profession, pregnancy, labour, birth, postnatal care, and neonatal care and the first year of an infants life.

Intermid - Intermid.co.uk is the online archive of peer-reviewed articles from the British Journal of Midwifery, the African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health. The site contains all articles published by MA Healthcare Ltd, since 1996.

CINAHL - Contains citations with abstracts to articles published in nursing and allied health journals. Also covers relevant materials from biomedicine, management, behavioural sciences, health sciences librarianship, education, and consumer health.

ScienceDirect - Scientific, technological and medical full text and bibliographic information published by Elsevier Science and its various imprints, including Academic Press and the Harcourt Health Sciences group. The University of Queensland subscribes to the ScienceDirect Freedom Collection, and has also purchased several backfiles, as well as other journals, various ebook series and reference works.

PubMed - a service of the National Library of Medicine was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. It includes citations for biomedical articles and provides citations and abstracts to biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services.

Joanna Briggs - Established in 1996, the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) is an international collaboration involving nursing, medical and allied health researchers, clinicians, academics and quality managers. JBI offers resources designed to meet the needs of service providers, health professionals and consumers by connecting the best available international evidence to the point of care.

Statistics

Statistics: 

Australian Bureau of Statistics - Good source of Australian demographic information

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) - Australia's national agency for health and welfare, statistics and information

World Health Organization - International health statistics and comparisons

Queensland Health Statistics - Health Statistics Centre Publications ( including Perinatal)

World Health Organization (WHO) - Data and Statistics

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