Midwifing Mercy: Reimagining Birth Culture with Strategy and Sacred Purpose - Softcover

Penwell, Vicki

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798995387701

Verlag: Mercy In Action Press, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

In a world where too many mothers and babies still die from preventable causes, Midwifing Mercy: Reimagining Birth Culture with Strategy and Sacred Purpose offers a bold and hopeful vision for transforming maternity care. Drawing from nearly fifty years of frontline midwifery experience and almost 20,000 births through Mercy In Action, Vicki Penwell shares a model of care rooted not only in clinical skill, but in empathy, dignity, intentionality, and deep purpose. Blending powerful stories with practical frameworks, this book equips midwives, birth workers, healthcare leaders, and advocates to rethink systems, lead with mercy, and create cultures of care that improve outcomes for mothers and babies around the world. From servant leadership and radical hospitality to innovation, disaster response, and global capacity building, Midwifing Mercy explores what becomes possible when birth is treated as both sacred and transformational. This inspiring and practical guide is a call to action for anyone committed to reimagining birth culture with courage, creativity, and compassion.

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Vicki Penwell is a midwife, educator, and humanitarian with a doctorate in creative leadership and master's degrees in midwifery and intercultural studies. She is the founder of Mercy In Action Vineyard, Inc., a nonprofit organization that has provided free maternity care to thousands of families and trained midwives around the world. Throughout her career, Vicki has championed a paradigm shift in birth culture, challenging old assumptions and shaping new models of care rooted in mercy, service, dignity, and purposeful leadership. A frequent international speaker, she has published more than 35 journal and professional magazine articles and contributed to books including Birth Models That Work, Sustainable Birth in Disruptive Times, and Paths to Becoming a Midwife. Vicki divides her time between the Philippines and the United States, traveling globally to teach, mentor, and support those working to improve maternal and child health outcomes.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Mercy In Action Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798995387701
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 370
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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