Current Required Booklist

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Following is the current list of required books for the Birthwise Midwifery Program:

Required Booklist, Campus-based Program

Semester One

Baby Catcher by Peggy Vincent ISBN:978-0743219341

Laboring On by Katz, Rothman (2006) ISBN:978-0-415-94663-6

Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born by Tina Cassidy, 2006. ISBN 0-87113-938-3

Midwifery and Childbirth in America by Judith Rooks, (1999) (4 copies in BW library) ISBN:978-1566397117

Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology by Marieb (any recent edition)

Varney’s Midwifery by Helen Varney (Fourth Edition) ISBN:978-0763718565

Tabers Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary ISBN: 978-0803612075

Birth Partner by Penny Simpkin (3rd Ed.) ISBN: 978-1558323575

Labor Progress Handbook 2nd Ed by Penny Simpkin ISBN: 978-1405122177

A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth by Enkin (3rd Edition) Now available on-line at www.childbirthconnection.org

Understanding Diagnostic Tests by Anne Frye (7th Edition) ISBN: 978-1891145568

Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Physiology, Susan Blackburn (3rd edition) ISBN: 978-1416029441

Mayes Midwifery, by Henderson (13th Edition) ISBN: 978-0702026164

Holistic Midwifery, Vol 2, by Anne Frye (buy from www.midwiferybooks.com) ISBN: 978-1891145605

Physical Examination and Health Assessment, by Carolyn Jarvis (5th edition) ISBN: 978-1416032434

Birthwise Documentation Book by Birthwise Midwifery School
Birthwise Skills Books ---Birthwise Midwifery School

Semester Two

When Survivors Give Birth, Penny Simpkin ISBN: 978-1594040221

Having Faith, by Sandra Steingraber ISBN: 0425189996

A Midwife's Handbook, Constance Sinclair

Assessment and Care of the Well Newborn, by Thureen (2nd Ed) ISBN: 978-0721603933

Neonatal Resuscitation Textbook, by the American Heart Association (5th Ed, 2006) ISBN: 978-1581101874

Maternal-Fetal Medicine by Creasy (6th Ed) ISBN: 978-1416042242

The Complete Guide to Mental Health for Women, by Lauren Slater, et al. (2003)

In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan (2008) ISBN: 978-1-59420-14505

Krause's Food and Nutrition Therapy by Sylvia Escott-Stump, L. Kathleen Mahan (2007) ISBN:978-1416034018

Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Phyllis Balch. ISBN:978-1583331439

Semester Three

Principles and Practice of Research in Midwifery, by Ellizabeth Cluett (2nd Ed, 2006) ISBN: 978-0443101949

Botanical Medicine for Women's Health, Aviva Romm, 2010

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman (1998) ISBN: 978-0374975807

Women’s Gynecologic Health, by Kerri Schuiling and Frances Likis (2006) ISBN: 0-7637-4717-3

Semester Four

Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed., (2007), Jacques Wallach, MD ISBN:978-0781730556

Pharmacology for Midwives, Sue Jordan (2001) ISBN: 978-0333693964

Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth and Your Baby’s First Year, Miranda Castro (1993) ISBN: 0-312-08809-4

Required Booklist, Community-based Program