Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: ways of working in the community / Jenny Edwins -- Watching and waiting: the facilitation of birth at home / Kim Russell -- Home birth against advice / Elaine Newell -- Physiological third stage of labour and birth at home / Susan Blackburn -- Teaching antenatal classes: how can midwives deliver? / Ann Bradshaw -- Newborn screening revisited: what midwives need to know / Nadia Permalloo and Jean Chapple -- Breastfeeding and the role of the community midwife / Caroline Payne -- Safeguarding children / Judy Byrne -- Perinatal mental health / Sarah Snow -- Supporting pregnant women living with HIV / Carolyn Roth and Judith Sunderland -- Domestic abuse: supporting women and asking the question / Ruth Jones -- Pelvic girdle pain (formerly known as symphysis pubis dysfunction) / Dianne Garland.

Practical and skills-based, this text has been specifically tailored to meet the needs of community midwives. The book includes community-based scenarios and case studies.