Midwifery

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This step-by-step guide takes the reader through the complex process of investigating serious incidents in health, social care, and criminal justice environments, acknowledging differences of culture and context that shape an investigation.

Dieses Buch richtet sich an Alle, die ihre schwangere Patientin hinsichtlich sportlicher Betätigung beraten.

The fourth edition of Health Promotion in Midwifery explores the principles of health promotion within the practical context of midwifery.

This comprehensive guide to MRI of the pregnant patient presenting with fetal or maternal diseases provides a practical, hands-on approach to the use of state-of-the-art MRI techniques and the optimization of sequences.

Infertility, as with many aspects of medicine, is at the mercy of rapid technological advance.

This book is a practical, comprehensive look at safe sleep for infants, including infants with co-occurring medical conditions.

This book is a practical guide for medical practitioners as they navigate through breastfeeding problems that occur in day-to-day practice.

Over the last ten years, pregnancy has not only become more complicated for many women, but the traditional provision of general intensive care units has been reduced.

This new text provides insight and treatment options for the covered disease, including dozens of high quality photographs, illustrations, and clinical tables.

This book uniquely explores American cultural values as a factor in maternal health.

This accessible text supports health practitioners undertaking qualitative research to inform clinical practice, guiding readers through the decision-making process from planning and proposing, through data collection, to dissemination and impact.

The foundation between midwife and mother is the foundation upon which maternity care depends.

This book provides a detailed overview of the possible risks associated with ART pregnancies and their clinical management.

"e;This book is easy to read and has relevant content for student midwives, with inclusion of reflective activities which are clear and appropriate.

This book summarizes the effects of overweight/obesity in the childbearing years that can be effectively communicated to patients by their providers in a busy practice setting, and provides concise and understandable summaries of the evidence-based, theory-driven lifestyle interventions that have been shown to be effective for weight loss and modifying the risk of developing diabetes and obesity.

In all industrialized countries, the last fifty years have seen both a momentaus improvement in the safety of childbirth and the completion of a momentaus revolution in maternity care, with the philosophy and methods of the obstetric profession triumphant.

Every year in the UK over 10,000 babies die before birth or shortly afterwards.

Bringing together the stories and experiences of LGBT+ parents as well as professionals in the field, this guide explains what healthcare and birth workers can do to improve care for their clients.

Doppler ultrasound is a hot topic at the present time.

Providing in-depth information on natural remedies that midwives, doulas, GPs and other health professionals can use to advise and inform their clients, this reference guide focuses on safety in their application.

Die prä- und perinatale Psychologie beschäftigt sich mit der kindlichen Erfahrungswelt vor, während und unmittelbar nach der Geburt.

This book presents the theory that positional obstruction of the inferior vena cava by the gravid uterus might contribute to the causation of preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, preterm birth, dysfunctional labor and uterine atony.

Qualitative research, particularly phenomenology, is increasingly popular as a method for midwifery and health-related research.

With 32 engaging and dramatic cases and 174 colorful, insightful and innovative graphics, this book takes a fresh, creative and highly visual approach to the fundamentals of obstetric anesthesia as well as emerging knowledge and three emerging technologies: 1) pre-procedural ultrasound to facilitate neuraxial block placement, 2) point-of-care transthoracic echocardiography to guide maternal resuscitation, and 3) electrical cardiometry to trend maternal cardiac output and avoid fetal hypoxia.

Sonography of the gastrointestinal tract in fetuses, neonates and children entails no known biological risk, permits serial scanning and can provide information unobtainable with any other imaging modality.

Providing care and treatment for patients usually requires moving and handling activities associated with high rates of back injuries.

This new edition of a classic text is the go-to reference for anyone concerned with the developmental progress of pre-school children.

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus is becoming an increasingly prevalent disease as obesity and other chronic diseases are on the rise.

The second edition of a comprehensive guide to the management of perinatal emergencies to improve maternal and neonatal health.

The death of a baby is one of the most painful experiences anyone can imagine.

This book analyses the significant socio-cultural factors impacting childbirth experiences of women living in remote and complex social settings.

Through seven editions, Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies has helped busy obstetricians keep pace with a constantly evolving field.

Examining mothers of newly diagnosed disabled children within the context of new reproductive technologies and the discourse of choice, this book uses anthropology and disability studies to revise the concept of "e;normal"e; and to establish a social environment in which the expression of full lives will prevail.

Springer-Verlag's study guides have already helped thousands of candidates prepare for the examinations of the prestigious Royal Colleges.

This book documents the emergence of doulas as care professionals in Italy, considers their training, practices, and representation, and analyses their role in national and international context.

Urinary incontinence is a humiliating disability and a common problem in gynaecological clinics.

Caring is at the core of what nurses and other health professionals do.

In this book, a team of international contributors examine bodies, leakage and boundaries, illuminating the contradictions and dilemmas in women's healthcare.

The critical role of growth factors in normal as well as abnormal cellular growth and function has become overwhelmingly apparent in recent years.

This new edition of a groundbreaking work reflects important developments in the general understanding of, and research into, loss and death.

Often, information in review books can raise as many questions as it answers.

Examination of the Newborn: An Evidence Based Guide is a practical and comprehensive guide for practitioners to enable them to undertake physical examination of neonates safely and competently.

Highlighting aspects of birth often taken for granted, ignored or left silenced, this book questions the art and meaning of childbirth.

This book critically analyzes the place of caesarean in childbearing at the beginning of the twenty first century.