Aimed directly at midwives, Anatomy and Physiology for midwives second edition provides a thorough grounding in the structure and functions of the human body associated with childbearing, birth and postnatal care.
The third edition of this book marks a time of change and expantion in the profession. This change and expantion is reflected in the title and in the size of the book. The change in the title from Nurse-Midwifery to midwiferu reflects the recentactions of the American college of nurse midwifery and the ACNM certification council, which assumed responsibility for setting the standard, for the pr…
Mayes' Midwifery, 13th Edition continues to be the most comprehensive midwifery textbook available. Focusing on modern clinical realities, with a clear emphasis on the normal, this popular text guides readers confidently from the first days of sudy through to qualified practice.
The New Midwifery offers a critical perspective on women's reproductive health and midwifery issues. This incisive collection of essays the examines the impact of professionalization, legalization and state involvement on women-centred care, and implications for birthing women.
This is an essentially practical book to help midwives to provide the community of care that women have been asking for. The book addresses the difficulties of achieving change and gives practical and achievable targets for achieving this change.
Midwives need special guidance to equip them for the demands of giving maternity care in the community. This imaginative book, based of the authors' extensive experience of community practice, is the first to recognise their particular concerns.
A fantastic book. Cassidy has written a darkly wiity guide through the birthing hut (or barn or hospital ward, depending on the time period). and she lucidly sorts the fact and the fads, from the eternal battle between male doctors and female midwives to the politics of pain relief.
When hospital-trained midwife Penny Armstrong takes on a job delivering the babies of the Amish, she encounters a way of life deeply rooted in the earth. As she renews her resfect for nature she dicovers an approach to giving birth which would change her life for ever.
This handbook offers sound, up to date, practical information and advice about the complete spectrum of approaches to contraception and reproductive sexual health. It gives detailed explanation of all contraceptive methods, including how to use them, contra-indications, interactions and the anxieties clients may have.
This comprehensive, practical guide to all aspects of resuscitation of the newboprn is based on international guidelines for effective treatment. The information provides a detailed, step bay step account of the practicalities involved in neonatal resuscitation - whether in a home or hospital environment.