Intrapartum Care (eBook)

Denis Walsh, Soo Downe (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
320 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-70001-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Intrapartum care has undergone profound changes over the past fifty
years. Essential Midwifery Practice: Intrapartum Care takes
a broad sweep to examine these changes and their intersection with
midwifery, in particular their impact on the midwife's role
during labour and birth. It is an invaluable guide for all
midwives.

Essential Midwifery Practice: Intrapartum Care addresses
a wide range of topics including the evolution of intrapartum care,
debates about knowledge, and childbirth education. It looks at
birth environments, labour rhythms, working with pain, normal
birth, unusual labours, and complementary therapies. Written by key
experts and providing guidance on best practice, this unique and
diverse text will bring readers up-to-date with the latest research
and reflection in their specialist fields.

* Written by key experts in their respective fields coming
together for the first time

* Provides comprehensive examination of normal birth
practice

* Evidence-based, bringing you up-to-date with the latest
research

Autor

Denis Walsh was born and brought up in Queensland but trained as a midwife in Leicester, UK. His PhD was on the Birth Centre model and is now Associate Professor in Midwifery at the University of Nottingham. He lectures on evidence and skills for normal birth internationally and is widely published on midwifery issues and normal birth. Soo Downe spent 15 years working as a midwife in various clinical, research, and project development roles at Derby City General Hospital. She is now the Professor of Midwifery Studies at UCLan, where she leads the Research in Childbirth and Health (ReaCH) group. She set up, and now coordinates, the annual international normal birth research conference series. Her main research focus is the nature of, and culture around, normal birth.

Inhalt

Contributors.

Introduction (Denis Walsh).

Chapter 1 Evolution of Current Systems of Intrapartum Care
(Denis Walsh).

Chapter 2 Debates about Knowledge and Intrapartum Care(Soo
Downe).

Chapter 3 Childbirth Education: Politics, Equality and Relevance
(Mary Nolan).

Chapter 4 Birth Environment (Denis Walsh).

Chapter 5 Labour Rhythms (Denis Walsh).

Chapter 6 Evidence for Neonatal Transition and the First Hour of
Life (Judith Mercer and Debra Erikson-Owens).

Chapter 7 Midwifery Presence: Philosophy, Science and Art
(Holly Powell Kennedy, Tricia Anderson and Nicky Leap).

Chapter 8 Skills for Working with (the Woman in) Pain
(Rosemary Mander).

Chapter 9 Complementary Therapies in Labour: A Woman-Centred
Approach (Denise Tiran).

Chapter 10 Midwifery Skills for Normalising Unusual Labours
(Verena Schmid and Soo Downe).

Chapter 11 Psychology and Labour Experience: Birth as a Peak
Experience (Gill Thompson).

Chapter 12 Sexuality in Labour and Birth: An Intimate
Perspective (Sarah Buckley).

Chapter 13 Spirituality and Labour Care (Jenny Hall).

Chapter 14 How Midwives Should Organise to Provide Intrapartum
Care (Chris McCourt).

Chapter 15 Feminisms and Intrapartum Care (Mary
Stewart).

Chapter 16 Towards Salutogenic Birth in the 21stCentury (Soo
Downe).

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.5.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Essential Midwifery Practice
• Reihe/Serie: Essential Midwifery Practice
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Hebamme / Entbindungspfleger
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Schlagworte: Gynäkologie u. Geburtshilfe • Gynäkologie u. Geburtshilfe • Hebammenpraxis • Krankenpflege • Medical Science • Medizin • Midwifery • nursing • Obstetrics & Gynecology
• ISBN-10: 1-118-70001-5 / 1118700015
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-70001-3 / 9781118700013