Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Nursing - Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health

This unique book delves into the mysteries of human fetal growth and maturation. Growing knowledge in genetics indicates that factors that impact on/influence fetal growth and maturation may have a role in determining a person s health and disease in later years. Placental, maternal, environmental, nutrient as well as fetal genome factors each play a role in producing a healthy, unhealthy or abnormal baby. A study of fetal growth and maturation is therefore basic to the understanding of why fetal growth problems occur, what implications these can have for adult disease, and how clinical...

This book outlines the current understanding of how obesity affects female reproductive function across the lifespan. Topics include physiology of the menstrual cycle and early pregnancy, best practices in the delivery of contraceptive and prenatal care and healthcare policy that weighs the evidence in appropriate balance with principles that respect women's rights. Special attention is devoted to the idea that obesity's adverse effects are likely trans-generational; that is, children born to obese mothers are at increased risk for obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease later in...

Die renommierte Autorin und Oxytocinforscherin, Kerstin Uvnas Moberg, betrachtet in diesem Buch Nahe und Beziehung aus einem hochst spannenden physiologischen Blickwinkel. Nahe, Korperkontakt und Beziehung stimulieren die Ausschuttung von Oxytocin. Dieses Hormon der Nahe bewirkt Ruhe und Entspannung, baut Angst ab, verbessert unsere Wahrnehmung fur Beziehungssignale, erhoht unser Vertrauen in andere Menschen und fuhrt insgesamt dazu, dass wir leistungsfahiger und gesunder sind.

Die Herausgeber der vorliegenden deutschen Ausgabe, Uta Streit und Fritz Jansen, haben das Werk fur den...

This] is a story of love, hope, and healing. There are 18 chapters√ncovering intimate aspects of a young life ending and how those who remain behind can grieve in such a way that they can go on living. √nThis book is a collection of clinical wisdom, theoretical knowledge, and models of care that can continue to tell the story and change cultures of care. As a palliative care nurse I am honored to write this Foreword and to be included in these pages with the authors who are truly pioneers in perinatal and pediatric bereavement."

√>=Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, RN,...

This book is a comprehensive guide to the screening, management, and treatment of female patients with addictions. There are a range of clinical issues specific to women with substance use disorders and substance abuse during pregnancy is known to have deleterious effects on neonates. This book focuses on the effective care of the addicted patient and discusses novel outpatient therapy, therapeutic substitution, abstinence therapy, and the importance of counseling in the delivery of care. Topics include the physiology of nicotine, opiates, EtOH, and other substances of abuse; the role of...

Die Thematisierung der schadigenden Folgen des Alkoholismus in der Schwangerschaft ist noch heute weitgehend ein Tabu. Auch 40 Jahre nach seiner Erstbeschreibung 1973 ist die dauerhafte Schadigung des noch ungeborenen Kindes durch Alkoholabusus in der Schwangerschaft weitgehend unbekannt.

Die zweite, aktualisierte und erweiterteAuflage beinhaltet neben derausfuhrlichen Beschreibung des Fetalen Alkoholsyndroms (FAS)sowie der Fetalen Alkohol-Spektrum-Storungen (FASD) auch Informationen in Bezug auf die Entdeckung des Syndroms, zur Klinik, Diagnostik (4-Digit Diagnostic Code),...

Get Ready for Your Best Birth Ever

Award-winning author and natural childbirth expert Rhondda Hartman is back with her latest - a workbook dedicated to her birth-changing exercises. You will discover the ESSENTIAL EXERCISES for having your BEST birth experience. Natural Childbirth Exercise Essentials is the companion to her Natural Childbirth Exercises for the Best Birth Ever.

Natural Childbirth is preparing your body for the athletic event of a lifetime: BIRTH