Bookedited by Janet Medforth, Linda Ball, Angela Walker, Sue Battersby, and Sarah Stables.
Summary: This handbook provides midwives with everything they need for successful practice. It contains concise, practical and expert guidance on all aspects of the midwife's role, from pre-conceptual advice to the final post-natal examination of the mother and baby.
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Pre-conception care
3. Sexual health
4. Antenatal care
5. Health advice in pregnancy
6. Minor disorders of pregnancy
7. Helping women cope with pregnancy : complementary therapies
8. The need for social support
9. Recognizing and managing pregnancy complications
10. Medical conditions during pregnancy
11. Normal labour : first stage
12. Pain relief : non-pharmacological
13. Pain relief : pharmacological
14. Normal labour : second stage
15. Normal labour : third stage
16. Immediate care of the newborn
17. Management of malpositions and malpresentations
18. High-risk labour
19. Emergencies during pregnancy, labour, and postnatally
20. Postnatal care
21. Disorders of the postnatal period
22. Contraception
23. Care of the newborn
24. Breast feeding
25. Artificial feeding.