Myles' Textbook for Midwives

Cooper BA RGN RM MTD, Margaret A.,Fraser PhD MPHil BEd MTD RM RGN, Diane M.

ISBN 10: 0443072345 / ISBN 13: 9780443072345

Editore: Churchill Livingstone, 2003

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Recognised by many as the leading international textbook for midwives, Myles Textbook for Midwives returns in its 14th edition. This edition has been revised by new editors Diane Fraser and Maggie Cooper who are regarded as being at the forefront of the profession. They have recruited a number of new contributors to ensure that this edition is completely up to date with current thought and practice.

In keeping with the accent on teamwork in today's maternity services, there are more contributions from other members of the healthcare team, as well as a mother's perspective on the use of technology within pregnancy and childbirth. The focus is on the provision of woman-centred, midwife-friendly care.

Covers the full scope of theoretical and practical issues with which a newly qualified midwife must be familiar

Offers critical appraisal boxes related to recent research to help the reader understand how to analyse available research, in ways they are already required to think for assignment work.

Includes summary boxes and flowcharts to make the text more quickly and easily accessible to the reader

Over 150 new illustrations and 30 new colour photographs

• Anatomy and physiology chapters have been placed at the beginning of the book.
• Two new chapters - Exercises for Pregnancy, Labour and the Puerperium and Childbirth.
• More emphasis has been placed on the puerperium, presenting the mother and midwife as partners in determining postnatal care.
• Discusses the new midwifery regulatory body, examining changes in legislation from a practical perspective.
• The chapter on antenatal investigations examines the dilemmas faced by potential parents and the challenges that adverse outcomes present to the midwife.
• Includes a color plate section with over 40 full-color photographs.
• Includes 160 new two-color line illustrations.
• Offers "critical appraisal" boxes related to recent research.

Contenuti: Section 1: Midwifery: The midwife. The social context of childbirth and motherhood. Woman-centred, midwife-friendly care. Ethics in midwifery. Evidence-based practice. The history and regulation of midwifery.

Section 2: Human anatomy and reproduction: The female pelvis and reproductive organs. The female urinary tract. Hormonal cycles: fertilisation and early development. The placenta. The fetus.

Section 3: Pregnancy: Preparing for pregnancy. Change and adaptation in pregnancy. Parent education: a new dimension. Special exercises for pregnancy, labour and the puerperium. Antenatal care. Abnormalities of early pregnancy. Problems of pregnancy. Common medical disorders associated with pregnancy. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Sexually transmissible and reproductive tract infections in pregnancy. Multiple pregnancy. Specialised antenatal investigations.

Section 4: Labour:The first stage of labour: physiology and early care. The first stage of labour: management. Pain relief and comfort in labour. Transition and the second stage of labour. Physiology and management of the third stage of labour. Prolonged pregnancy and disorders of uterine action. Malpositions of the occiput and malpresentations. Operative deliveries. Midwifery and obstetric emergencies.

Section 5: The puerperium: Physiology and care in the puerperium. Physical problems and complications in the puerperium. The psychology and psychopathology of pregnancy and childbirth. Family planning. Bereavement and loss in maternity care.

Section 6: The new-born baby: The baby at birth. The normal birth. Feeding. The healthy low birthweight baby. Recognising the ill baby. Respiratory problems. Trauma during birth, haemorrhage and convulsions. Congenital abnormalities. Jaundice and infection. Metabolic problems, endocrine disorders and drug withdrawal.

Section 7: The context of midwifery practice: Pharmacology and childbirth. Complementary and alternative medicine in maternity care. Community, public health and social services. Supervision of midwives and clinical governance. Risk management. Organisation of the health services in the United Kingdom. International midwifery. Vital statistics.

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Titolo: Myles' Textbook for Midwives
Casa editrice: Churchill Livingstone
Data di pubblicazione: 2003
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Good