Environmental awareness and sustainability are vitally important concepts in the twenty-first century and, as a low environmental impact health care
profession, midwifery has the potential to stand as a model of excellence.
This innovative volume promotes a sustainable approach to midwifery practice, philosophy, business administration and resource management. Drawingon an interdisciplinary body of knowledge, this international collection ofexperts explore the challenges, inviting readers to critically reflect on the issuesand consider how they could move to effect changes within their own workingenvironments. Divided into three parts, the book discusses:
• The politics of midwifery and sustainability
• Midwifery as a sustainable health care practice
• Supporting an ecological approach to parenting.