Midwifery

Gives step-by-step, evidence-based guidance on expert care and support during labor.

This clinically and practice oriented, multidisciplinary book is intended to fill the gap between evidence-based knowledge on the benefits of physical activity and exercise during pregnancy and the implementation of exercise programmes and related health promotion measures in pregnant women.

Leading workers in the field of human reproduction provideboth basic knowledge and useful practical information inthis book about the most critical phase in the developmentof a new human being: the first twelve weeks of life.

Preterm birth is a significant cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity, with a devastating impact on families.

This book describes how different diagnostic techniques may facilitate the prenatal identification of orofacial malformations.

Research is a fundamental part of midwifery practice.

Life care planning is an advanced collaborative case management specialty practice focused on assessing, evaluating, coordinating, consulting, planning for, and monitoring necessary services for individuals with complex medical care needs over their lifetime.

This gripping saga about midwives, on and off duty, is perfect for fans of Call the Midwife, Katie Flynn, Dilly Court and Catherine Cookson.

This updated book is a practical guide to intrapartum ultrasonography to help practitioners improve labor and delivery, and to limit, where possible, complications.

Postnatal PTSD, often referred to as birth trauma, is an underdiagnosed and misunderstood condition.

Supporting a Physiologic Approach to Pregnancy and Birth: A Practical Guide provides an overview of current evidence and a range of practical suggestions to promote physiologic birth within the United States healthcare system.

This is the second edition of a well-received, practice oriented, multidisciplinary book filling the gap between evidence-based knowledge on the benefits of physical activity and exercise during pregnancy and postpartum and the implementation of exercise programs and related health promotion measures in pregnant women.

All cultures are concerned with the business of childbirth, so much so that it can never be described as a purely physiological or even psychological event.

The international bestseller that has helped millions of women trust in their body - and their baby - and give birth without fearDrawing on over 40 years' experience, internationally acclaimed midwife Ina May Gaskin shows you how to use the mind-body connection to help labour progress calmly and safely.

Midwifery at a Glance offers an easy-to-read yet comprehensive overview of everything a midwifery student needs to know, from conception to care of the newborn.

Birthing Autonomy brings some balance to the difficult arguments that arise from debates about home births, and focuses on women's views and their experiences of planning home births.

Current maternity policy advocates choice and control for women in maternity care, and promotes women as active childbirth consumers and decision-makers.

For decades, public discourse on the Australian health system has been reduced to focusing on limited issues such as e-health or budget cuts while failing to capture the greatest challenge facing our national healthcare system.

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

Sperm DNA damage is common and has been associated with reduced rates of conception, impaired embryonic development and increased risk of miscarriage.

Eine umfassende und fundierte Hebammenbetreuung wirkt sich protektiv auf die Schwangerschaft und auf eine physiologische Geburt aus.

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.

Nursing personnel play an integral role in healthcare and medical delivery organizations.

Assembling scholars from nursing, women's studies, geography, native studies, and history, this volume looks at the experience of nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador, northern Saskatchewan, northern British Columbia, and the Arctic and features essays on topics such as Mennonite midwives in Western Canada, missionary nurses, and Aboriginal nursing assistants in the Yukon.

Relationships, sex, pregnancy, and abortion are among the topics discussed with engaging frankness by sixteen women in this collection of oral histories.

The introduction of prostaglandins into clinical practice has been one of the most important advances in obstetrics and gynaecology in recent years.

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

This new edition of a highly regarded classic midwifery text encourages critical thinking about the art and science of midwifery.

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Decision-making pervades all aspects of midwifery practice across the world.

Medical ethics is a difficult and controversial field and that part of it dealing with reproductive medicine is no exception.

This book provides a comprehensive resource on the pathology of the human singleton placenta.

Stillen erfreut sich seit Jahren wieder zunehmender Beliebtheit und wird auch von Seiten der Hebammen und Ärztinnen und Ärzte positiv unterstützt.

Im letzten Dezennium ist die Kaiserschnittrate ohne nennenswerte positive Auswirkungen auf die geburtshilflichen Ergebnisse drastisch angestiegen.

Over the last hundred years, pregnancy and childbirth has become increasingly safe - yet it is still a site of risk, and a contested ground on which health professionals and pregnant women both face high costs of error.

The Routledge Handbook of Neuroethics offers the reader an informed view of how the brain sciences are being used to approach, understand, and reinvigorate traditional philosophical questions, as well as how those questions, with the grounding influence of neuroscience, are being revisited beyond clinical and research domains.

Now in its third edition the Oxford Handbook of Midwifery continues to be the essential one-stop guide to the key principles of the care and management of pregnancy, birth and beyond.

The overturning of Roe v Wade makes the ethical consideration of abortion more important than ever.

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It is vital that healthcare practitioners understand the psychological impact of childbirth when caring for women.

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

Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition of Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing is a comprehensive, evidence-based text for nurses and allied health professionals caring for sick newborn infants.

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

Although there are far more opportunities for LGBTQ people to become parents than there were before the 1990s, attention to the reproductive challenges LGBTQ families face has not kept pace.

The harmful consequences of alcoholism for the unborn child are still largely unknown.

With statistics showing that 1 in 5 women have experienced some form of sexual abuse, it is likely that all birth professionals will support a survivor of such abuse at some point during their career.

The new edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research on stress and health, moving beyond the former deficit model to a resource growth model.