Labor and delivery care a practical guide /
"Labor and Delivery: The hands-on guide provides practical and timely information to help guide the clinical care of women during pregnancy. An expert team of authors present the framework to integrate information obtained from hands-on evaluation of laboring women into logical matrix for decis...
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119971566 |
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"Labor and Delivery: The hands-on guide provides practical and timely information to help guide the clinical care of women during pregnancy. An expert team of authors present the framework to integrate information obtained from hands-on evaluation of laboring women into logical matrix for decision-making and risk avoidance. By not focusing solely on explanations of the readings and usage of technology such as ultrasound and fetal monitoring, this experience-based guide to labor care concentrates on traditional skills of observation and careful physical examinations to help obstetricians care for women during labor while improving her experience of birth"--Provided by publisher. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 388 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781119971535 (electronic bk.) 1119971535 (electronic bk.) 9781119971566 (electronic bk.) 111997156X (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | RG652 |
CLC: | C913.11 |
Contents: | Cover; Contents; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Preface; How to Use This Book; Chapter 1: Communicating Effectively With Your Patient; Special aspects of parturition; Communication skills; Continuity of care; Ethics and maternal-fetal conflict; Violence; Boundaries; Does gender matter?; Goals; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Examining Your Patient; General principles; General examination; Abdominal examination; The pelvic examination; Documentation; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Normal Labor and Delivery; Terminology; Uterine contractility; Clinical course of labor; Graphic analysis of labor. |