This new edition of a groundbreaking work reflects important developments in the general understanding of, and research into, loss and death. Providing a wealth of information for both experienced and inexperienced midwives, the book covers topics including:
perinatal and neonatal loss
miscarriage and termination for foetal abnormality
death of a mother in third world and first world settings
difficulties encountered during future childbearing.
Combining an authoritative research-based orientation with a critical yet human approach...
This new edition of a groundbreaking work reflects important developments in the general understanding of, and research into, loss and death. Provi...
The evidence surrounding the skills and approaches to support good birth has grown exponentially over the last two decades, but so too have the obstacles facing women and midwives who strive to achieve good birth. This new book critically explores the complex issues surrounding contemporary childbirth practices in a climate which is ever more medicalised amidst greater insecurity at broad social and political levels. The authors offer a rigorous, and thought-provoking, analysis of current clinical, managerial and policy-making environments, and how they have prevented sustaining the kind of...
The evidence surrounding the skills and approaches to support good birth has grown exponentially over the last two decades, but so too have the obstac...
What is the reality of being a midwife in the twenty-first century? What is it like to help and support women throughout pregnancy and childbirth and into motherhood? What roles can midwives play in society?
This new edition of the popular text, Becoming a Midwife, explores what it is to be a midwife, looking at the factors that make midwifery such a special profession, as well as some of the challenges. The fully updated chapters cover a variety of settings and several different stages in a woman's pregnancy, including stories from midwives working in hospitals and in the...
What is the reality of being a midwife in the twenty-first century? What is it like to help and support women throughout pregnancy and childbirth a...
Emeritní profesorka porodnictví z Edinburghské univerzity Rosemary Manderová se v této knize zabývá těhotenstvím, porodem a šestinedělím a bolestí, jež všechna tato období provází, stejně jako bolestí, kterou může cítit plod a novorozené dítě. Pojem „bolest“ je tu rozpracován obsáhle a do detailů. Autorka v textu představuje teoretické přístupy k chápání bolesti a k jejímu ovládání, jež jsou založeny na výsledcích mnoha výzkumů. Na rozdíl od některých jiných knih tu ale uvádí i možnost, že lékařský zásah může mít v...
Emeritní profesorka porodnictví z Edinburghské univerzity Rosemary Manderová se v této knize zabývá těhotenstvím, porodem a šestinedělím a...
