Sellers’ Midwifery 3e has been updated and aligned with international and national public health strategies to improve maternal and antenatal care as a sustainable development goal.

Key Features

• This updated edition includes recent sources and references after each section. 
• Comprehensive student and lecturer support material is available to assist prescribing lecturers with lesson preparation and to provide the student with opportunities for self-study.

Please consult your college to verify that this is the correct edition for your course

What’s NEW in the 3rd edition:
• Chapter 3: expands on the scope of practice, competencies and legislative risk for midwives in South Africa, with reference to ‘caring as a competency’
• Chapters 10-13: strengthened focus on psycho-social and cultural aspects of pregnancy and birth including the role of the father, an understanding of ‘good enough mothering’, violence against women, special mental health needs in pregnancy and birth, and issues of loss and grief
• Previous Chapter 17 is divided into two new chapters: new Chapter 17 focuses on antenatal care whilst Chapter 18 focuses on follow up-care and fetal surveillance
• Chapter 33: covers life-saving obstetric interventions such as caesarean section, and general and regional anaesthetics in obstetrics. (Previous Chapter 32 has been divided and renumbered as Chapters 33 & 34)
• Chapter 34: (previously Chapter 32) covers essential obstetric interventions including induction of labour, termination of pregnancy, assisted deliveries, and external cephalic version
• Chapter 36: (previously Chapters 34 & 35) combines the physiology and psychology of the puerperium
• Chapter 43: (previously Chapters 42, 44 & 47) combines the chapters on birth defects and abnormalities
• Chapter 45: this chapter on respiratory disorders of the newborn includes Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) as best practice for new born resuscitation
• Chapter 48: includes updated information on contraception and fertility planning
• Chapter 50: updated to include information on specific infections in obstetrics
• Chapter 51: updated to include TB and HIV care, both prevalent causes of maternal mortality.
• Selected practical procedures have been included to benefit the students.

Nursing students studying towards a degree or diploma, as well as students studying the new midwifery diploma once it is implemented.