Midwifery : the basics / Helen Baston.

By:

Baston, Helen, 1962- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Basics (Routledge (Firm))Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021Description: xii, 258 pages ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780367146269

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 618.2 B297m

LOC classification:

RG950

NLM classification:

WQ 160

Contents:

The context of birth -- The roles of the midwife -- Midwifery : an evolutionary tale -- Becoming a midwife -- Pre-conceptual and antenatal care -- Labour and birth care -- Postnatal care -- Midwife as specialist.

Summary: "Midwifery: The Basics provides an engaging and authentic insight into the midwife's world. It explores the role of the midwife as a clinician and professional, showing how midwives can support women both to achieve a healthy full-term pregnancy and a smooth transition to motherhood. This book begins with a discussion of the context of birth and parenthood, placing midwifery in its broader social context. Topics covered include: The midwife as an autonomous professional; Becoming a midwife; Pre-conceptual and antenatal care; Intrapartum care; Postnatal care; and The specialist midwife. Midwifery: The Basics uses the voices of mothers, fathers and midwives to illustrate the complex world of becoming, being and supporting parents. This is an essential introduction for students at undergraduate and A-Level who are approaching midwifery for the first time"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main Library-Nabua	Nursing Section	NUR 618.2 B297m 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1-1	Checked out	10/21/2024	027366

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Midwifery: The Basics provides an engaging and authentic insight into the midwife's world. It explores the role of the midwife as a clinician and professional, showing how midwives can support women both to achieve a healthy full-term pregnancy and a smooth transition to motherhood. This book begins with a discussion of the context of birth and parenthood, placing midwifery in its broader social context. Topics covered include: The midwife as an autonomous professional; Becoming a midwife; Pre-conceptual and antenatal care; Intrapartum care; Postnatal care; and The specialist midwife. Midwifery: The Basics uses the voices of mothers, fathers and midwives to illustrate the complex world of becoming, being and supporting parents. This is an essential introduction for students at undergraduate and A-Level who are approaching midwifery for the first time"-- Provided by publisher.

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