Oxford Handbook of Midwifery - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0199584672 ISBN 13: 9780199584673

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2011

Riassunto

Fully revised and updated to include the most up-to-date guidelines, references and resources, this new edition of the bestselling Oxford Handbook of Midwifery provides a concise and logical approach to midwifery practice in all its varied care settings.

Giving a complete picture of the role of the midwife, the handbook reflects the mother's journey through conception, pregnancy and birth to the final postnatal examination of mother and baby. This new edition includes recent advances in midwifery practice including developments in antenatal care, labour, postnatal care and infant feeding. The content is systematically structured to enable quick navigation and ensure the relevant information is at your fingertips whenever you need it.

The handbook covers the vast majority of situations encountered in the many broad and varied settings of midwifery practice, from the normal, low-risk care of the mother and neonate, through to the more complex areas of working alongside obstetric or paediatric colleagues in high-risk pregnancy and birth situations. It provides all the information you will need to assist you when participating in complex care with confidence.

With a wealth of references, recommendations, and guidance from the authors' many years of experience this handbook will help you achieve the best possible results for your patients. The fundamentals of midwifery are divided into seven main sections, covering antenatal care; normal labour and birth; complicated labour and birth; postnatal care; family planning; care of the newborn; and infant feeding. It also gives information rarely covered in standard midwifery texts, including sexual health, complementary therapies, common blood values, investigations, and midwifery emergencies. Key interventions are laid out as algorithms to aid quick assimilation of the crucial facts.

Written by practising midwives, and checked by subject experts, you can trust this handbook to have the latest and best information you need. Presented in concise and easily readable style, the book is laid out with clear headings, and key facts listed in bullet points. Pocket-sized, with sturdy plastic covers, the Oxford Handbook of Midwifery is a unique and invaluable companion for students, practising midwives, educators, and anyone who needs to understand the challenging and rewarding work of midwifery.

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Recensione:

This is the first pocket-sized bible for midwives that encompasses everything required in caring for a mother and baby from pre conceptual to the final examination. It is just as important as the CTG machine or other obstetric tools. Although this is a must-have book for the midwifery student, it will be of benefit to all levels of midwives and clinicians. (Nursing Times)

Contenuti:

• 1: Introduction
• 2: Preconception 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: Recognizing and managing pregnancy complications
• 10: Medical conditions during pregnancy
• 11: Normal labour: first stage
• 12: Pain relief: non-pharmacological
• 13: Pain relief: pharmacological
• 14: Normal labour: second stage
• 15: Normal labour: third stage
• 16: Immediate care of the newborn
• 17: Management of malpositions and malpresentations
• 18: High-risk labour
• 19: Emergencies during pregnancy, labour, and postnatally
• 20: Postnatal care
• 21: Disorders of the postnatal period
• 22: Contraception
• 23: Care of the newborn
• 24: Breastfeeding
• 25: Artificial feeding

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0199584672
• ISBN 13: 9780199584673
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 768
• Redattore: Medforth Janet, Battersby Sue, Evans Maggie, Marsh Beverley, Walker Angela