Australian and New Zealand health care and maternity systems The Australian and New Zealand context Models of health Midwifery and maternity in a global context Risk, fear and safety Ways of looking at evidence and measurement The place of birth Challenges to women's health Midwives working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women Midwives and Maori women: Advancing our relationships Options for women around fertility and reproduction Professional frameworks for practice in Australia and New Zealand Legal frameworks for practice in Australia and New Zealand Ethical frameworks for practice Sustaining midwifery practice Theoretical frameworks for midwifery practice Working in partnership Working in collaboration Promoting physiological birth The physiology of conception and pregnancy Nutrition and physical activity foundation for pregnancy, childbirth and lactation Screening and assessment Working with women in pregnancy Physiological changes during labour Supporting women in labour and birth Working with pain in labour Using water for labour and birth Perineal care and repair Physiological changes during the postnatal period Supporting women becoming mothers Transitions to motherhood Supporting the newborn infant Supporting the breastfeeding mother Completing the midwife-woman partnership Pharmacology and prescribing Contraception Challenges in pregnancy Disturbances in the rhythm of labour Interventions in pregnancy labour and birth Maternal life-threatening emergencies Complications in the post-natal period for the mother The compromised neonate Grief and loss during childbearing.