Myles Textbook for Midwives, recognised as the leading international textbookfor midwives, has been fully updated with recent guidelines, protocols and research evidence, and with updated illustrations. This edition has a new chapter on emotion work and focuses on normality, whilst equipping midwives to recognise and respond to complexity in childbearing and parenthood. This 15th edition features a free website providing:* Bank of multiple-choice questions for self-testing* Illustrations from the book, with and without labels, for studentand instructor use This is the midwifery textbook of choice throughout the world! INDICE: SECTION 1 Midwifery1 The Midwife2 The Social Context of Childbirthand Motherhood3 Woman-Centred, Midwife-Friendly Care: Principles, Patterns and Culture of Practice4 Ethics in Midwifery5 Evidence-Based Practice6 The History and Regulation of MidwiferySECTION 2 Human Anatomy and Reproduction 7 The Female Pelvis and the Reproductive Organs8 The Female Urinary Tract9 Hormonal Cycles: Fertilisation and Early Development10 The Placenta11 The FetusSECTION 3Pregnancy 12 Preparing for Pregnancy13 Change and Adaptation in Pregnancy14 Parent Education: a New Dimension15 Special Exercises for Pregnancy, Labour andthe Puerperium16 Antenatal Care17 Abnormalities of Early Pregnancy18 Problemsof Pregnancy19 Common Medical Disorders Associated with Pregnancy20 Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy21 Sexually Transmissible and Reproductive Tract Infections in Pregnancy22 Multiple Pregnancy23 Specialised Fetal InvestigationsSECTION 4 Labour 24 The First Stage of Labour: Physiology and Early Care25 The First Stage of Labour: Management26 Pain Relief and Comfort in Labour27 Transition and the Second Stage of Labour28 Physiology and Management of the Third Stage of Labour29 Prolonged Pregnancy and Disorders of Uterine Action30 Malpositions of the Occiput and Malpresentations31 Operative Deliveries32 Midwifery and Obstetric EmergenciesSECTION 5 THE Puerperium33 Physiology and Care in the Puerperium34 Physical Problems and Complications in the Puerperium35 The Psychology and Psychopathology of Pregnancy and Childbirth36 Family Planning37 Bereavement and Loss in Maternity CareSECTION 6 The Newborn Baby 38 The Baby at Birth39 The Normal Baby40 Feeding41 The Healthy Low Birthweight Baby42 Recognising the Ill Baby43 Respiratory Problems44 Trauma during Birth; Haemorrhage and Convulsions45 Congenital Abnormalities46 Jaundice and Infection47 Metabolic Problems, Endocrine Disorders and Drug WithdrawalSECTION 7 The Context of Midwifery Practice 48 Pharmacology and Childbirth49 Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Maternity Care50 Community, Public Health and Social Services51 Supervision of Midwives and Clinical Governance52 Risk Management53 Organisation ofthe Health Services in the United Kingdom54 International Midwifery55 Vital StatisticsGlossary of Selected TermsIndex
- ISBN: 978-0-443-06939-0
- Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 1148
- Fecha Publicación: 15/04/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés