The latest edition of this best-selling reference text explains diagnostic tests for the practicing midwife. It is also used by parents to better understand the care they are receiving and to make informed choices about which tests they do and do not want. It is recommended by numerous midwifery programs for student midwives and used by practicing midwives as well as doulas, childbirth educators, doctors and other practitioners with a speciality in maternity care throughout the English-speaking world.
Anne Frye is a midwife, a midwifery consultant, and author. She writes and publishes textbooks, and she produced a video and accompanying software entitled "Understanding Female Pelvis Anatomy in 3D." She holds an independent study BA degree in Holistic Midwifery and has been a midwife since 1979.