Midwifery

This new comprehensive text recognises the role of the midwife or clinician practising using a midwifery model of care as a primary provider for healthy pregnant women. The woman is the central figure in the assessment of her own health needs and the determination of the care processes that will best meet those needs. Stresses throughout, the role of the midwife is to advocate for the woman while creating a climate of care the recognises and values the healthy aspects of pregnancy. When deviation from the normal occur, the reader is led through a process that emphasises consultation, collaboration, and referral to the professionals who are most appropriately prepared to meet the women's needs. Current research is incorporated throughout to prepare the reader for maintaining standards of care by evidence-based practice.

ISBN 0721647162   Pages 576 ISBN13 9780721647166 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Elsevier Health Sciences   Weight (grammes) 1348 Imprint Saunders (W.B.) Co Ltd   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 254 Publication date 10 Jul 2001   Width (mm) 203 Library of Congress 01020138   Spine width (mm) 28 DEWEY 618.2   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

Unit I		Maternal-Infant Care in the Community		1
1		Midwifery - a Community-Based Model of Care for Childbearing Women		3
2		Clinical Epidemiology in Maternal-Child Health		13
Unit II		Healthy Pregnancy		27
3		Anatomy of the Female Reproductive Tract		29
4		Menstrual Cycle and Conception		45
5		Growth and Development of the Fetus and Placenta		59
6		Maternal Anatomic and Physiologic Adaptations in Pregnancy		75
7		Diagnosis and Dating of Pregnancy		89
8		Components of Prenatal Care		99
9		Screening for Maternal Risk Factors During Pregnancy		115
10		Common Discomforts and Behavior Modifications in Pregnancy		133
11		Nutritional Needs and Counseling During Pregnancy		155
12		Psychologic, Emotional, and Social Aspects of Pregnancy		173
13		Screening for Fetal Health		185
14		Midwives As Teachers: the 5-Minute Curriculum		201
15		Perinatal Care Among Diverse Populations of Women		211
Unit III		Labor, Birth, and Postpartum Period		219
16		Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of Labor and Birth		221
17		Mechanisms of Labor		229
18		Maintenance of Comfort and Management of Pain		245
19		First-Stage Labor		263
20		Second-Stage Labor		299
21		Third-Stage Labor		315
22		Immediate Postpartum Period		321
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