Introduction to Midwifery

The scope of this book is to provide comprehensive guidance to the Midwifery Practice for the vision of creating awareness about recent perspectives of Midwifery practices thereby to enhance quality care for the mother and Newborns. This text includes Historical and Current perspectives of Midwifery including Maternal Health Schemes and guidelines for Childbirth practices by Government of India. Also, this book covers other essential aspects of midwifery practices such as Maternal Mortality, Legal and Ethical aspects of Midwifery, Trends in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Evidence Based Midwifery Practice and Genetic Inheritance.