The most-popular midwifery textbook in the world!The sixteenth edition of this seminal textbook, Myles Textbook for Midwives, has been extensively revised and restructured to ensure that it reflects current midwifery practice, with an increased focus on topics that are fundamental to midwifery practice today.Well illustrated to assist visual learningBoxes highlighting significant information to aid studyIntroduction, Aims of the chapter and Conclusion for each chapterReferences, Further Reading and Useful websites to promote further learningGlossary of terms and acronyms provide simple definition of more complex terminologiesAdditional online resourcesOver 500 multiple-choice questions enable students to test their knowledgeUnlabelled illustrations help reinforce learningFull image bank of illustrations to make study more visual and assist with projects.Up-to-date guidance on professional regulation, midwifery supervision, legal and ethical issues, risk management and clinical governanceRecognises that midwives increasingly care for women with complex health needs, in a multicultural societyIncreases confidence in empowering women to make appropriate choicesLooks at the dilemmas involved in caring for women with a raised body mass indexChapter on optimising care of the perineum for women with perineal trauma, including those who have experienced female genital mutilationAdditional coverage of basic neonatal resuscitation, to reflect the trend for midwives to carry out the neonatal physiological examination Streamlined chapters with similar themes and content, to facilitate learningFull colour illustrations now used throughout the book, in response to student feedback.