Download Myles Textbook for Midwives – June 1, 1999 PDF

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• Hardcover: 1031 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 13th edition (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0443063923
• ISBN-13: 978-0443063923

Download Myles Textbook for Midwives – June 1, 1999 PDF

As a teacher for direct-entry midwives in the U.S., I have used Myles' Textbooks for years. I have recently finished reading this edition which is very similar to the 14th edition. The editors are the same and most of the material is the same.

The book still has a very welcome emphasis on "Evidenced Based Practice", which was introduced with the 14th edition. It is still a wonderfully comprehensive textbook.

The part I especially don't like in this edition is the drift toward the medical model of childbirth presented in the chapter on prolonged pregnancy and disorders of uterine action. Putting time limits on labor may be necessary for meeting new protocols in Britian, but seeing this trend reminds one of the reasons many in the U.S. opt for home birth instead of hospital birth. It just saddens me to see this change.

In the 14th edition there was a chapter on "Family Planning" and in the 15th edition the chapter has changed to "Contraception and Sexual Health". The tone of the chapter has changed to reflect the title. The author seems to bemoan the fact that few women in the U.K. use the intrauterine device, while stating that it is not so unpopular elsewhere, as in China, where 60 million women use them. In China women are FORCED to use interuterine devices!

The chapter "Woman-centred, midwife friendly care: principles, patterns and culture of practice" seems to have changed more to emphasize the midwife friendly part. There was a gem in the 14th edition that didn't make it to the 15th:

"The aims of midwifery are far wider than physical health of mother and baby.