Midwifery Essentials: Labour

Volume 3

2 Edición, Volumen 3 - 18 de abril de 2017
Última edición
Autores: Helen Baston, Jennifer Hall
Idioma: Inglés

New edition of a title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwif… Leer más

Descripción

New edition of a title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful ‘scenarios’ throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery education.

Puntos claves

Fully updated to provide a useful, friendly source of information
Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care
Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures
Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision
Helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion
Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures
Chapters designed to be read as a ‘standalone’ or in succession
Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication

De interès para

Midwives – whether qualified or in training

Índice

1. Introduction

2. Early assessment and admission in labour

3. The first stage of labour

4. Non-pharmacological methods of coping with labour

5. Labour and birth in a pool

6. Pharmacological methods of pain relief

7. Induced or accelerated labour

8. The second stage of labour

9. The third stage of labour

10. Caesarean birth

11. Perineal repair

Detalles del producto

Edición: 2
Última edición
Volumen: 3
Publicado: 2 de agosto de 2017
Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

Helen Baston

Afiliaciones y experiencia

Consultant Midwife Public Health, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Researcher / Lecturer, University of Sheffield; Honorary Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Jennifer Hall

EdD RM ADM MSc (Reproduction & Health) PGDip(HE)