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Mayes' Midwifery by Christine Henderson, Susan MacDonald

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(Hardcover - REV)

Pub. Date: October 2004
1112pp
Sales Rank: 445,183

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Pub. Date: October 2004
Publisher: Saunders W B Co
Format: Hardcover, 1112pp
Sales Rank: 445,183

ISBN-13: 9780702026164
ISBN: 0702026166
Edition Number: 13
Edition Description: REV

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Completely updated throughout, Mayes' Midwifery, 13th Edition is still the most thorough midwifery textbook available! Focusing on modern clinical realities with a clear emphasis on the normal, this popular text guides readers confidently from the first days of study to the first days of qualified practice.

Content focuses on the importance of the midwife and the components of her preparation, support, and role.

Comprehensive content offers students complete and clear coverage of midwifery.

In-depth information is accessible and directly useful to midwifery students.

A team of leading contributors offers expertise and insights on a wide range of subjects.

A new chapter on Complimentary Therapies, gives a contemporary approach to different therapies being used by women, their families, and midwives.

A new section on The Midwife includes legal and ethical aspects, information on the midwife as a lifelong learner, and the statutory framework for practice.

The chapter organization includes Learning Outcomes, Key Point Summaries, Case Scenarios, and References for further reading.

An expanded focus on evidence-based practice mirrors midwifery today.

New illustrations have been added, and retained figures have been updated.

With 57 expert contributors

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1	Sociological and cultural context	3
2	Psychological context	14
3	Grief and bereavement	27
4	Evidence-based practice	48
5	Anatomy of male and female reproduction	65
6	Female reproductive physiology	89
7	Sexuality	105
8	Fertility and its control	114
9	Infertility and assisted conception	129
10	Preconception care	143
11	Fertilization	161
12	Genetics	172
13	Implantation and development of the placenta	190
14	Embryonic and fetal development	205
15	The fetal skull	220
16	Confirming pregnancy and care of the pregnant woman	235
17	Maternal and fetal physiological responses to pregnancy	288
18	Antenatal investigations	312
19	Maternal nutrition	327
20	Complementary therapies in childbearing	338
21	Health promotion in midwifery	355
22	Education for parenthood	371
23	Physical preparation before childbirth	383
24	Place of birth	401
25	Physiological changes in labour	410
26	Care in the first stage of labour	428
27	Relief of pain during labour	458
28	The pelvic floor	476
29	Care in the second state of labour	492
30	Care in the third stage of labour	507
31	Physiology, assessment and care	527
32	Thermoregulation	573
33	Infant feeding	591
34	The preterm baby and the small baby	628
35	Respiratory and cardiac disorders	649
36	Congenital anomalies, fetal and neonatal surgery, and pain	670
37	Neonatal jaundice	684
38	Metabolic and endocrine disorders	696
39	Infection	703
40	Sudden Infant Death Syndrome	715
41	Content and organization of postnatal care	723
42	Morbidity following childbirth	736
43	Nausea and vomiting	751
44	Bleeding in pregnancy	758
45	Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy	780
46	Medical disorders of pregnancy	793
47	Sexually transmitted diseases	815
48	Abnormalities of the genital tract	829
49	Multiple pregnancy	839
50	Preterm labour	853
51	Induction of labour and post-term pregnancy	862
52	Disordered uterine action	876
53	Malpositions and malpresentations	884
54	Mental health problems	918
55	Shoulder dystocia	939
56	Presentation and prolapse of the umbilical cord	954
57	Disproportion, obstructed labour and uterine rupture	960
58	Procedures in obstetrics	970
59	Complications of the third stage of labour	987
60	The changing National Health Service	1005
61	Quality in midwifery	1021
62	Epidemiology	1034
63	Children Act and social services	1050
64	A history of the profession in the UK	1071
65	International perspectives	1100
66	Statutory framework for practice	1116
67	Ethics and the midwife	1133
68	Law and the midwife	1142
69	Management and leadership in midwifery	1167
70	The midwife as a lifelong learner	1185
71	Drugs and the midwife	1209