Midwives increasingly have faced challenging ethical issues that have clinical and legal implications, they have not always been adequately prepared to deal with them. This book adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to guide the student and practitioner through dilemmas that commonly occur in clinical practice and to highlight the changing face of the midwifery profession.Provides a multi-disciplinary approach to guide midwives through dilemmas which occur in clinical practice Anexcellent team of contributors from the field of midwifery and ethics make this an essential purchase for every midwifery student and practitioner