Essential midwifery practice intrapartum care /

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 uniqu...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Group Author: Walsh, Denis, 1955-; Downe, Soo.
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Essential midwifery practice
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444317701
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.
Carrier Form: xiii, 306 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781444317701
1444317709
9781444317718 (electronic bk.)
1444317717 (electronic bk.)
1282379585
9781282379589
Index Number: RG950
CLC: R714
Contents: 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.