Expertise Leadership and Collaborative Working

Foreword.

Introduction (Soo Downe, Sheena Byrom and Louise Simpson).

Part I: Leadership.

Introduction to Part I (Sheena Byrom).

Chapter 1 Midwifery Leadership: Theory, Practice and Potential (Sheena Byrom and Lesley Kay).

Chapter 2 Transformational Leadership and Midwifery: A Nested Narrative Review (Sheena Byrom, Anna Byrom and Soo Downe).

Chapter 3 What Do Leaders Do to Influence Maternity Services? Midwifery Leadership As Applied to Case Studies (Sheena Byrom, Sue Henry, Mary Newburn, Cathy Warwick and Ngai Fen Cheung).

Chapter 4 Leadership for Effective Change in Mother and Infant Health: Lessons Learned from a Programme of Work on Breastfeeding (Mary J. Renfrew).

Part II: Expertise.

Introduction to Part II (Louise Simpson).

Chapter 5 The Notion of Expertise (Soo Downe and Louise Simpson).

Chapter 6 Expertise in Intrapartum Midwifery Practice (Louise Simpson and Soo Downe).

Chapter 7 Enhancing Expertise and Skills Through Education (Denis Walsh).

Chapter 8 What is a Skilled Birth Attendant? Insights from South America (Anne Davenport).

Part III: Collaboration.

Introduction to Part III (Soo Downe).

Chapter 9 Collaboration: Theories, Models and Maternity Care (Soo Downe and Kenny Finlayson).

Chapter 10 Case Studies of Collaboration in the UK and China (Ngai Fen Cheung and Anita Fleming).

Chapter 11 Using Collaborative Theories to Reduce Caesarean Section Rates and Improve Maternal and Infant Well-being (Alison Brodrick, Nicky Mason, Janet Baldwin and Sophie Cowley).

Chapter 12 Bringing It All Together (Soo Downe, Louise Simpson and Sheena Byrom).

Index.