Download or read book Professional Ethics in Midwifery Practice written by Illysa R. Foster and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2010-01-25 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional Ethics for Midwives: Conscious Practice is an applied ethics book designed for both students and practicing midwives to build ethical thinking in the context of daily practice. This unique text uses an accessible writing style and includes chapters on diversity and justice, informed consent, multiple relationships, confidentiality and privacy, scope of practice, and others. Realistic case examples throughout the text encourage critical thinking in applied ethics. The authors present a unique model for midwives’ ethical thinking and appendices include widely used codes of ethics in the field.