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The study of sociology is now an essential part of all midwifery training but it can often seem removed from the reality of midwifery practice midwives often ask what is sociology why do i need sociology to be a midwife how can sociology help improve my clinical practice this major new textbook answers these important questions and shows how sociology can inform the practice of midwifery . This major new textbook answers these important questions and shows how sociology can inform the practice of midwifery in the twenty first century it provides a comprehensive jargon free introduction to sociology for midwifery students with no prior knowledge of the subject as well as practising midwives with experience of dealing with . This accessible comprehensive text introduces midwives to the relevance of sociology to their specific sphere of practice this book introduces key topics from sociology which are relevant to midwifery audiences the classical theorists recent sociological perspectives that shape contemporary sociology applicability to midwifery practice and . This chapter on the sociology of midwifery as supposed to sociology for midwives addresses the way sociology as a discipline studies midwives midwifery and maternity care in other words it refers to the sociological study of midwifery and midwives and more widely maternity care and maternity services