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The midwife's labour and birth handbook / edited by Vicky Chapman, Cathy Charles.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Midwifery--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Midwifery.
- Childbirth--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Childbirth.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (414 p.)
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Praise for previous editions: "An excellent resource for both student midwives and qualified staff alike." (Alison James, Midwifery Lecturer, Plymouth University) ""A lovely book with a lot of practical advice and easy to navigate. (Jayne Samples, Midwifery Lecturer, University of Huddersfield) This fully revised and updated third edition of The Midwife's Labour and Birth Handbook is a practical and accessible guide to midwifery care. It addresses important questions such as: Why are women being pressured
- Contents:
- Labour and normal birth / Cathy Charles
- Vaginal examinations and artificial rupture of the membranes / Vicky Chapman
- Fetal heart rate monitoring in labour / Bryony Read
- Perineal trauma and suturing / Vicky Chapman
- Examination of the newborn baby at birth / Caroline Rutter
- Home birth / Janet Gwillim and Cathy Charles
- Water for labour and birth / Vicky Chapman and Cathy Charles
- Malpositions and malpresentations in labour / Vicky Chapman
- Slow progress in labour / Vicky Chapman
- Assisted birth : ventouse and forceps / Cathy Charles
- Caesarean section / Cathy Charles
- Vaginal birth after caesarean section / Vicky Chapman
- Preterm birth / Charlise Adams
- Breech birth / Lesley Shuttler
- Twins and higher-order births / Jo Coggins
- Haemorrhage / Sheila Miskelly
- Emergencies in labour and birth / Sheila Miskelly
- Neonatal and maternal resuscitation / Nick Castle
- Induction of labour / Mary-Lou Elliott
- Pre-eclampsia / Annette Briley
- Stillbirth and neonatal death / Cathy Charles and Barbara Kavanagh
- Risk management, litigation, and complaints / Cathy Charles
- Intrapartum blood tests / Vicky Chapman and Julie Davis
- Medicines and the midwife / Vicky Chapman.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781299159129
- 1299159125
- 9781118480090
- 1118480090
- 9781118480106
- 1118480104
- OCLC:
- 827208518
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