Fundamentals of Midwifery: A Textbook for Students makes the subject of midwifery accessible, informative and motivating, ensuring that it is an essential text for the aspiring midwife! This resource brings together knowledge from a collection of clinical experts and experienced academics to support your learning and prepare you for the challenges faced in contemporary midwifery healthcare. It presents you with the 'must-have' information that you need concerning both the theoretical and practical aspects of what it means to be a midwife. With extensive full colour illustrations throughout, as well as activities and scenarios, this user-friendly text book will support you throughout your entire education programme. Fundamentals of Midwifery is essential reading for all pre-registration student midwives, as well as newly qualified midwives. Broad and comprehensive in scope, with chapters on: team working; antenatal care, intrapartum and postnatal care; infant feeding; public health and health promotion; perinatal mental health; complementary therapies; pharmacology and medicines management; and emergencies. Interactive and student-friendly in approach, with activities throughout. Brings together professional and clinical topics in one user-friendly book. Ties in with the latest NMC Standards for pre-registration midwifery education. Supported by an online resource centre featuring interactive multiple-choice questions, additional scenarios and activities, and links to further reading. **

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Louise Lewis, (Sage-femme)

edited by Louise Lewis

John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Wiley Blackwell

First edition, Chichester, West Sussex, 2015

United States, United States of America

Chichester, West Sussex, UK, 2015

Fundamentals, Chichester, 2015

1, FR, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents: To be a midwife / Nicky Clark and Carol Paeglis Team working / Mary Beadle and Sue Townend Sociology applied to maternity care/ Mary Beadle and Sara Wise Psychology applied to maternity care / Julie Jomeen and Lynda Bateman Parenthood / Ola Ogbuehi and Jacqui Powell Antenatal midwifery care / Julie Flint and Carol Lambert Intrapartum midwifery care / Julie Flint and Sue Townend Postnatal midwifery care / Louise Lewis and Lisa Lachanudis Care of the newborn / Liz Smith and Brenda Waite Infant feeding / Louise Lewis and Liz Mason Public health and health promotion / Ola Ogbuehi, Fiona Robinson and Catriona Jones Contraception and family planning / Liz Smith and Sarah Wise Perinatal mental health / Julie Jomeen and Nicky Clark Complementary and alternative medicines applied to maternity care / Catriona Jones and Jane Marsh Pharmacology and medicines management / Mary Beadle and Andrea Hilton Emergencies in midwifery / Liz Smith and Brenda Waite Bereavement and loss / Liz Smith and Brenda Waite

Brings together knowledge from a collection of clinical experts and experienced academics to support your leaning and prepare you for the challenges faced in contemporary midwifery healthcare. This book presents you with the 'must-have' information that you need about both the theoretical and practical aspects of what it means to be a midwife.

Suitable for students, this title makes the subject of midwifery accessible, informative and motivating. It features information that you need concerning both the theoretical and practical aspects of what it means to be a midwife.

Supported by an online resource centre featuring interactive multiple-choice questions, additional scenarios and activities, and links to further reading. --Book Jacket

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