About the series |
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Contributors |
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Foreword |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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How to use your textbooks |
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About the companion website |
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Chapter 1 To be a midwife |
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The professional status and regulation of midwifery |
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The International Confederation of Midwives |
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Interpersonal skills and attributes |
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Professional expectations |
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Life as a student midwife |
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The statutory supervision of midwives |
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Raising and escalating concerns |
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Chapter 2 Team working |
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Chapter 3 Sociology applied to maternity care |
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Overview of sociological perspectives |
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Chapter 4 Psychology applied to maternity care |
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Psychology and public health in maternity care |
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Health beliefs and behaviours |
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Emotions across the childbearing experience |
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Women and midwives: relationships and communication |
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Initiating, building and maintaining relationships |
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Chapter 5 Parenthood |
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Genetic, biological and social parents |
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Conception across the lifespan |
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Parenting styles and expert advice |
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Chapter 6 Antenatal midwifery care |
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National policy on care provision in the United Kingdom |
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Individualised care of a woman |
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Fetal health screening and monitoring |
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Inherited factors and disorders |
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Routine care for all pregnant women |
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Deviations from normality |
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Women's self-identity and decision-making about care |
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Midwifewoman relationship for decision-making |
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Influencing women in their decision-making |
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Birth preparation and parent education |
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Chapter 7 Intrapartum midwifery care |
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Facilitating and maintaining normality in childbirth |
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Birth preparation for coping with labour |
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Onset, process and progress of labour |
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Assisting the normal physiological process |
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Outside the parameters of normality |
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Pain management in labour |
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Chapter 8 Postnatal midwifery care |
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The history of postnatal care |
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Anatomy and physiology of the puerperium |
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Immediate postnatal period |
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Changes to postnatal care |
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Physiological maternal morbidity |
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Quality standards influencing postnatal care provision |
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A time-honoured tradition or a dying art? |
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Care and compassion: promoting a healthy psychological adaptation to motherhood |
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Safeguarding vulnerable adults and babies |
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Reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome |
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Postnatal exercise advice for new mothers |
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Other responsibilities of the midwife in the postnatal period |
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Chapter 9 Care of the newborn |
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Transition to extra-uterine life |
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Basic resuscitation of the newborn |
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Immediate care of the newborn |
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Maintaining health in the first few days of life |
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Skin care and hygiene of the newborn |
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Detailed neonatal examination by the midwife |
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Chapter 10 Infant feeding |
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Why breastfeeding is important |
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The way breastfeeding works |
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Supporting effective infant feeding |
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Biological nurturing - a different breastfeeding approach |
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Reasons for expressing breastmilk |
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Identifying and managing common breastfeeding problems |
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When breastfeeding is not recommended |
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Supporting mothers to formula feed |
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Chapter 11 Public health and health promotion |
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The concept and definition of health |
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Birth and death statistics |
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Health improvement: the midwife and health promotion |
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Improving health services through clinical audit: confidential enquiries into maternal and child health |
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Guidance for public health |
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Revisiting the midwife's role in public health |
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Chapter 12 Contraception and family planning |
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What is meant by 'family planning'? |
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Appropriate timing of advice |
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Further advice and treatment |
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Chapter 13 Perinatal mental health |
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The importance of mental health in a maternity context |
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Putting PMI into perspective |
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Identification and assessment |
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Antenatal, postnatal or a continuum |
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Serious mental illness (SMI) |
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Chapter 14 Complementary and alternative medicines applied to maternity care |
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Definition of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) |
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Why is CAM important to know about? |
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The growth of interest in CAM |
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CAM and patient satisfaction |
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Promoting normality and reducing unnecessary intervention |
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Evidence for the safety and efficacy of CAM |
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The role of the midwife in CAM administration |
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Chapter 15 Pharmacology and medicines management |
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Chapter 16 Emergencies in midwifery |
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Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia |
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Chapter 17 Bereavement and loss |
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Care around the time of death |
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Peer support for midwives |
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End of chapter activities |
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Answers |
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Index |
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