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Essential midwifery practice : intrapartum care

By: Contributor(s): Series: Essential midwifery practicePublication details: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781444317701
  • 1444317709
  • 9781444317718 (electronic bk.)
  • 1444317717 (electronic bk.)
  • 1282379585
  • 9781282379589
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Contents:
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Evolution of current systems of intrapartum care / Denis Walsh -- Debates about knowledge and intrapartum care / Soo Downe -- Childbirth education : politics, equality and revelance / Mary Nolan -- Birth environment / Denis Walsh -- Labour rhythms / Denis Walsh -- Evidence for neonatal transition and the first hour of life / Judith Mercer & Debra Erikson-Owens -- Midwifery presence : philosophy, science and art / Holly Powell-Kennedy, Tricia Anderson & Nicky Leap -- Skills for working with (the woman in) pain / Rosemary Mander -- Complementary therapies in labour : a woman-centered approach / Denise Tiran -- Midwifery skills for normalising unusual labours / Verena Schmidt and Soo Downe -- Psychology and labour experience : birth as peak experience / Gill Thompson -- Sexuality in labour and birth : an intimate perspective / Sarah Buckley -- Spirituality and labour care / Jenny Hall -- How midwives should organise to provide intrapartum care / Chris McCourt -- Feminism and intrapartum care / Mary Stewart -- Toward salutogenic birth in the 21st century / Soo Downe.
Summary: RemoteSummary: Includes bibliographical references and index.Summary: Intrapartum care has undergone profound changes over the past 50 years. This book examines these changes and their intersection in midwifery practice, in particular their impact on the role of the midwife during labour and birth. Addressing a wide range of topics surrounding normal birth, this unique and diverse book provides an up-to-date, holistic overview of current knowledge, research and practice. The contributions from experts in the field include discussion of the evolution of intrapartum care and debates about childbirth education, as well as looking at birth environments, labour rhyth.
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Intrapartum care

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Evolution of current systems of intrapartum care / Denis Walsh -- Debates about knowledge and intrapartum care / Soo Downe -- Childbirth education : politics, equality and revelance / Mary Nolan -- Birth environment / Denis Walsh -- Labour rhythms / Denis Walsh -- Evidence for neonatal transition and the first hour of life / Judith Mercer & Debra Erikson-Owens -- Midwifery presence : philosophy, science and art / Holly Powell-Kennedy, Tricia Anderson & Nicky Leap -- Skills for working with (the woman in) pain / Rosemary Mander -- Complementary therapies in labour : a woman-centered approach / Denise Tiran -- Midwifery skills for normalising unusual labours / Verena Schmidt and Soo Downe -- Psychology and labour experience : birth as peak experience / Gill Thompson -- Sexuality in labour and birth : an intimate perspective / Sarah Buckley -- Spirituality and labour care / Jenny Hall -- How midwives should organise to provide intrapartum care / Chris McCourt -- Feminism and intrapartum care / Mary Stewart -- Toward salutogenic birth in the 21st century / Soo Downe.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intrapartum care has undergone profound changes over the past 50 years. This book examines these changes and their intersection in midwifery practice, in particular their impact on the role of the midwife during labour and birth. Addressing a wide range of topics surrounding normal birth, this unique and diverse book provides an up-to-date, holistic overview of current knowledge, research and practice. The contributions from experts in the field include discussion of the evolution of intrapartum care and debates about childbirth education, as well as looking at birth environments, labour rhyth.

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