Description |
xiv, 1277 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
Series |
MyiLibrary
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Contents |
1. Sociological and cultural context -- 2. Psychological context -- 3. Grief and bereavement -- 4. Evidence-based practice -- 5. Anatomy of male and female reproduction -- 6. Female reproductive physiology -- 7. Sexuality -- 8. Fertility and its control -- 9. Infertility and assisted conception -- 10. Preconception care -- 11. Fertilization -- 12. Genetics -- 13. Implantation and development of the placenta -- 14. Embryonic and fetal development -- 15. The fetal skull -- 16. Confirming pregnancy and care of the pregnant woman -- 17. Maternal and fetal physiological responses to pregnancy -- 18. Antenatal investigations -- 19. Maternal nutrition -- 20. Complementary therapies in childbearing -- 21. Health promotion in midwifery -- 22. Education for parenthood -- 23. Physical preparation before childbirth -- 24. Place of birth -- 25. Physiological changes in labour -- 26. Care in the first stage of labour -- 27. Relief of pain during labour -- 28. The pelvic floor -- 29. Care in the second state of labour -- 30. Care in the third stage of labour -- 31. Physiology, assessment and care -- 32. Thermoregulation -- 33. Infant feeding -- 34. The preterm baby and the small baby -- 35. Respiratory and cardiac disorders -- 36. Congenital anomalies, fetal and neonatal surgery, and pain -- 37. Neonatal jaundice -- 38. Metabolic and endocrine disorders -- 39. Infection -- 40. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome -- 41. Content and organization of postnatal care -- 42. Morbidity following childbirth -- 43. Nausea and vomiting -- 44. Bleeding in pregnancy -- 45. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy -- 46. Medical disorders of pregnancy -- 47. Sexually transmitted diseases -- 48. Abnormalities of the genital tract -- 49. Multiple pregnancy -- 50. Preterm labour -- 51. Induction of labour and post-term pregnancy -- 52. Disordered uterine action -- 53. Malpositions and malpresentations -- 54. Mental health problems -- 55. Shoulder dystocia -- 56. Presentation and prolapse of the umbilical cord -- 57. Disproportion, obstructed labour and uterine rupture -- 58. Procedures in obstetrics -- 59. Complications of the third stage of labour -- 60. The changing National Health Service -- 61. Quality in midwifery -- 62. Epidemiology -- 63. Children Act and social services -- 64. A history of the profession in the UK -- 65. International perspectives -- 66. Statutory framework for practice -- 67. Ethics and the midwife -- 68. Law and the midwife -- 69. Management and leadership in midwifery -- 70. The midwife as a lifelong learner -- 71. Drugs and the midwife |
Notes |
Previous ed.: 1997 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Pregnancy.
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Labor (Obstetrics)
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Delivery (Obstetrics)
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Obstetrics.
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Childbirth.
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Midwifery.
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Midwifery.
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Obstetrics.
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Midwifery.
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Author |
Henderson, Christine.
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Mayes, Mary.
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Macdonald, Sue (Midwife consultant)
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LC no. |
2004047670 |
ISBN |
0702026166 |
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