Midwifery

Heart-warming tales of nursing and midwifery from the Sisters who worked with Jennifer Worth.

In recent decades, global healthcare professionals and organisations have formed a wide, evidence-based consensus that breastfeeding is usually the best option for both mother and baby.

Approximately one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage but for each woman the experience is unique.

This volume analyses the distinct care needs of late preterm infants and their parents by reflecting on the best available evidence to inform practice and latest innovations in care.

India was a pioneer in legalizing induced abortion, or Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) in 1971.

A Textbook of Community Nursing is a comprehensive and evidence-based introduction covering the full range of professional topics, including professional approaches to care, public health, eHealth, therapeutic relationships and the role of community nursing in mental health.

In few areas of medicine is progress more spectacular than in the field of prenatal diagnosis.

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Research shows that racism affects the working lives of nurses and nurse academics, as well as healthcare service delivery and outcomes.

Listening Visits in Perinatal Mental Health focuses on how women and families suffering from perinatal mental illness can be supported by a wide range of practitioners.

It is estimated that in India 75% of cancers of oral cavity are attributable to tobacco chewing, smoking and alcohol drinking.

This book is a comprehensive work that spans the gap between basic knowledge and clinical significance of the placenta.

This is the third edition of a well-received book that reflects the state of the art in the diagnosis and treatment of acute abdominal disorders in pregnant patients, ranging from very rare to more common ones, such as acute appendicitis and acute cholecystitis.

Weaving together how-to manual, activist memoir, and manifesto, The Doulas is an honest, raw, and charged treatise on full-spectrum doula care.

Nutrition in Infancy: Volume 1 is a very useful resource for all clinicians treating and preventing nutritional problems in infants.

Nursing Theory, Postmodernism, Post-structuralism, and Foucault critiques mainstream American nursing theory and its use of post-structural theory, comparing and contrasting how postmodern and post-structural ideas have been used fruitfully in nursing research and theorizing elsewhere.

This book focuses on evidence-based standards for simulation in nursing education.

This book recounts the journey of English midwives over six centuries and their battle for survival as a discrete profession, caring safely for childbearing women.

The quick and easy way to learn the concepts and major theories of pediatric nursing - and how to apply them to real-world situationsIf you re looking for a fun, fast review that boils pediatric nursing down to its most essential, must-know points your search ends here!

This book, now in a comprehensively revised and expanded third edition, covers the full spectrum of applications of Doppler ultrasound within Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Crib death or sudden infant death syndrome is the most frequent death-causing syndrome during the first year of life, striking one infant in every 700-1,000.

This guide provides the answers to patient questions that are frequently posed to practitioners who care for pregnant and non-pregnant women with GI and liver disorders.

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

This book focuses on recent advances in research and practical recommendations regarding the use of psychotropic drugs during pregnancy and lactation, two important social and psychological life events for women.

The English language is spreading across the world, and so too is hip-hop culture: both are being altered, developed, reinterpreted, reclaimed.

Der Autor stellt die Ergebnisse seiner eigenen, der bisher wohl umfassendsten Studie dieser Art dar: 119 Patientinnen mit Postpartum-Psychose und ihre Verwandten ersten Grades wurden durchschnittlich 21 Jahre nach der Indexerkrankung erfaßt.

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

The pregnant host is at risk for any of the viral diseases her nonpregnant counterpart acquires.

Fluids and Electrolytes: Essentials for Healthcare Practice is designed to give a solid understanding of fluid and electrolyte physiology and its implications for practice, including acid-base balance and intravenous (IV) therapy, in a concise and easily understandable format.

This book informs and enlighten health professionals on how the recognition of fearing women can change their episode of care during childbearing.

Focusing on reproductive and sexual justice, this important book explores in detail both the challenges that trans people face when negotiating reproductive and sexual health in restrictive social contexts, and their agency in advocating for change.

This unique book argues that love underpins safe, effective, and high-quality midwifery care, and enables readers to explore sustainable and compassionate ways to engage with their profession.

Authored by members of the British Bobath Tutors Association, Bobath Concept: Theory and Clinical Practice in Neurological Rehabilitationis a practical illustrated guide that offers a detailed exploration of the theoretical underpinning and clinical interventions of the Bobath Concept.

Jane Dwinell has written an important book using real-life scenarios to illustrate her unique philosophy of childbirth, one that can only inspire women to take greater control over how and where they give birth.

This book provides assistance in preparing for and conducting screening or diagnostic ultrasound examinations of the fetal brain in all stages of pregnancy.

Anerkannte Experten geben Ihnen einen aktuellen Überblick über die infektiologische Diagnostik und Therapie während der Schwangerschaft und Neonatalperiode.

Die Geburtshilfefibel bietet Hilfe für die praktische Arbeit im Kreißsaal und auf der Wochenstation.

Arguing that contemporary maternity services provide a toxic environment both in which to practise and to give birth, this book looks at how we can change this.

Since the development of modern medicine, men have become increasingly involved in childbearing as obstetricians and, more recently, as fathers.

Dignity in the care of patients and clients of all ages, whether in hospital or community settings, is an area of increasing national and international importance and concern.

Is the experience of childbirth becoming 'globalised'?

It is estimated that the functionally significant body of knowledge for a given medical specialty changes radically every 8 years.

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.