Evidence-based Care for Normal Labour and Birth

This is a helpful and practical guide that explores the latest research and evidence, drawing out what is known about the effectiveness of care in normal labour and birth. It highlights where the evidence is compelling and discusses its application where women question its relevance to them and where the practitioner's expertise leads them to challenge it. Written by an experienced practising midwife, the book is structured in an accessible way so that each chapter gives background and context for the particular clinical topic, and provides a discussion of the research to date. Practice recommendations are then generated from the evidence and form the last section of each chapter. This is an essential text containing up-to-date and relevant information to help all student and practising midwives keep abreast of the evidence surrounding normal birth and ensure their practice takes full advantage of it.

ISBN 0415418917   Pages 200 ISBN13 9780415418911 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 372 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 246 Publication date 19 Apr 2007   Width (mm) 174 Library of Congress 2006035854   Spine width (mm) 11 DEWEY 618.4   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		Evidence-based care : the new orthodoxy for maternity services		1
2		Birth setting and environment		13
3		Rhythms in the first stage of labour		29
4		Pain and labour		45
5		Fetal heart monitoring in labour		67
6		Mobility and posture in labour		79
7		Rhythms in the second stage of labour		93
8		Care of the perineum		107
9		Rhythms in the third stage of labour		121
10		Changing midwives' practice		135

In his multi-faceted book Denis Walsh explores research-based evidence about birth, examining practices in the orthodox medical method and empirically-based and more adventurous midwifery practice. He raises the questions that need to be asked about the medical management of birth, and considers ways in which it might be changed to focus instead on women's needs and spontaneous psycho-physiological processes. Denis Walsh stimulates creative thinking, and for this reason alone he is essential reading for all student midwives. Sheila Kitzinger, midwife and birth activist A well written and powerful book which is a must for midwives, mothers and the medical profession. Denis Walsh eloquently exposes the faults and failures in our current provision of maternity services and offers alternatives that challenge the orthodoxy of the biomedical model. Professor Paul Lewis, Academic Head of Midwifery & Child Health Bournemouth University

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