Community-based Maternity Care

ISBN-13: 9780192627681 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 512 str.

Geoffrey Marsh; Mary Renfrew

Opis

This important book makes the case for placing maternity care in the c ommunity. It has been written by a multidisciplinary group. The first section considers the role and function of the participants in communi ty-based maternity care; the woman, the midwife, and the GP. The secon d section discusses four major contemporary issues: the radically chan ging social background, the economics of care, audit, and education of the carers. Next the major clinical challenges in maternity care are tackled: how to reduce the differences in morbidity and mortality whic h are associated with differences in age, social class and ethnicity; the care of disadvantaged groups; prematurity and low birth weight and their prevention; technology used in childbirth; and the fetal origin s of adult disease. Finally, all aspects of the clinical care carried out by Gps and midwives are covered.

Recenzje

'This is an interesting book. Its scope and depth are enormous and the editors can only be complimented on a highly polished piece of work. All aspects of maternity care are covered and presented well,...'