Midwifery

Preparation for Practice
3. Revised Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-7295-4174-9
Verlag: Elsevier Australia

Buch, Englisch, 1390 Seiten, Format (B × H): 220 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 3474 g

Midwifery: Preparation for Practice is both highly respected and upheld as the definitive midwifery text for the Australian and New Zealand market. Written and edited by a selection of internationally recognised leaders in the midwifery, this book shares the wealth of knowledge and expertise in midwifery practice, education, research and regulation.

This text aims to develop and support competent, confident midwives by providing up-to-date evidence and practice based resources for students and midwives who work in partnership with women in woman-centred models of midwifery care.

Zielgruppe

<p>Primary: Bachelor of Midwifery and Postgraduate Midwifery</p> <p>Secondary:<b> </b>Practising midwives - Continuing Professional Development (CPD)</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pairman, Sally, DMid, MA, BA, RM, RGON

Pairman, Sally

Pincombe, Jan, PhD, MAppSc, PGradDipEd, BA, RM, RN, RIN, FACMI

Pincombe, Jan

Thorogood, Carol, PhD, MPhil, BApp Psych, Dip Education, RN RM

Thorogood, Carol

Tracy, Sally K., DMid, MA, BNurs, Adv Dip N, RM, RGON

Tracy, Sally K.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Hebammen, Geburtshilfe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Australian and New Zealand health care and maternity systems The Australian and New Zealand context Models of health Midwifery and maternity in a global context Risk, fear and safety Ways of looking at evidence and measurement The place of birth Challenges to women's health Midwives working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women Midwives and Maori women: Advancing our relationships Options for women around fertility and reproduction Professional frameworks for practice in Australia and New Zealand Legal frameworks for practice in Australia and New Zealand Ethical frameworks for practice Sustaining midwifery practice Theoretical frameworks for midwifery practice Working in partnership Working in collaboration Promoting physiological birth The physiology of conception and pregnancy Nutrition and physical activity foundation for pregnancy, childbirth and lactation Screening and assessment Working with women in pregnancy Physiological changes during labour Supporting women in labour and birth Working with pain in labour Using water for labour and birth Perineal care and repair Physiological changes during the postnatal period Supporting women becoming mothers Transitions to motherhood Supporting the newborn infant Supporting the breastfeeding mother Completing the midwife-woman partnership Pharmacology and prescribing Contraception Challenges in pregnancy Disturbances in the rhythm of labour Interventions in pregnancy labour and birth Maternal life-threatening emergencies Complications in the post-natal period for the mother The compromised neonate Grief and loss during childbearing