Oxford Handbook of Midwifery

by Medforth, Janet; Battersby, Sue; Evans, Maggie; Marsh, Beverly; Walker, Angela

• ISBN13: 9780198566083
• ISBN10: 0198566085
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Oxford Handbook of Midwifery is the first pocket-sized handbook to provide midwives with everything they need for successful practice. It contains concise, practical, and expert guidance on all aspects of the midwife's role. An invaluable guide enabling any midwife to deliver safe and effective care, the handbook is written by practicing midwives and contains a wealth of hints and tips.

Author Biography

Maggie Evans has 30 years experience as a midwife in various care settings and more recently as a midwifery lecturer at Sheffield university for 10 years. She is now pursuing a freelance career incorporating her interests of maternity care and complementary therapies. Susan Battersby is a Lecturer in Midwifery at the University of Sheffield. She is both a registered midwife and a registered nurse. She specialises are Infant-feeding and Sociology of Health. She has had a special interest in breastfeeding for many years and is at present reading for a PhD, looking at the conflicting paradigms within breastfeeding. She was the founder of the Sheffield infant feeding Initiative in 1989 and is still an active member of the Sheffield Breastfeeding Forum. She was the key researcher in the evaluation of four breastfeeding peer-support programmes, three of which were funded by the Department of Health. She has undertaken the La Leche League Peer Counsellor Programme Administrator Training and the BFI Breastfeeding Management Course.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Introduction

Pre-conception care

Antenatal care

Health advice for pregnancy

Minor disorders of pregnancy

Helping women cope with pregnancy: complementary therapies

The need for social support

Recognition and management of pathological conditions during pregnancy

Medical conditions complicating pregnancy and their management

Normal Labour

Normal Labour: first stage

Pain relief: non pharmacological

Pain relief: pharmacological

Normal Labour: second stage

Normal Labour: third stage

Care of the newborn

Complicated labour

Management of malpositions and malpresentations

High-risk labour

Emergencies during pregnancy, labour and postnatally

Postnatal care

Postnatal Care

Disorders of the postnatal period

Family planning

Contraception

Care of the newborn

Care of the newborn

Feeding

Breast feeding

Artificial feeding

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