This unique and bestselling handbook provides midwives with everything they need for successful practice. It contains concise, practical and expert guidance on all aspects of the midwife's role, from pre-conceptual advice to the final post-natal examination of the mother and baby.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: Introduction
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Pre-conception care
- 3: Sexual Health
- 4: Antenatal care
- 5: Health advice for pregnancy
- 6: Minor disorders of pregnancy
- 7: Helping women cope with pregnancy: complementary therapies
- 8: The need for social support
- 9: Infections and sepsis
- 10: Medical conditions during pregnancy
- 11: Obesity
- 12: Pregnancy complications
- 13: Hypertensive disorders of Pregnancy
- 2: Normal labour
- 14: Normal labour: first stage
- 15: Pain relief: non-pharmological
- 16: Pain relief: pharmological
- 17: Normal labour: second stage
- 18: Normal labour: third stage
- 19: Immediate care of the newborn
- 3: Complicated labour
- 20: Management of malpositions and malpresentations
- 21: High-risk labour
- 22: Maternal emergencies during pregnancy, labour, and postnatally
- 23: Fetal emergencies during pregnancy, labour, and postnatally
- 4: Postnatal Care
- 24: Postnatal care
- 25: Disorders of the postnatal period
- 5: Contraception
- 26: Contraception
- 6: Care of the newborn
- 27: Care of the newborn
- 7: Feeding
- 28: Breastfeeding
- 29: Artificial feeding
