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Myles Textbook for Midwives, recognised as the leading international textbook for midwives, has been fully updated with recent guidelines, protocols and research evidence, and with updated illustrations. This edition has a new chapter on emotion work and focuses on normality, whilst equipping midwives to recognise and respond to complexity in childbearing and parenthood. This 15th edition features a free website providing: * Bank of multiple-choice questions for self-testing * Illustrations from the book, with and without labels, for student and instructor use This is the midwifery textbook of choice throughout the world!
1 The Midwife
2 The Social Context of Childbirth and Motherhood
3 Woman-Centred, Midwife-Friendly Care: Principles, Patterns and Culture of Practice
4 Ethics in Midwifery
5 Evidence-Based Practice
6 The History and Regulation of Midwifery
SECTION 2 Human Anatomy and Reproduction
7 The Female Pelvis and the Reproductive Organs
8 The Female Urinary Tract
9 Hormonal Cycles: Fertilisation and Early Development
10 The Placenta
11 The Fetus
SECTION 3 Pregnancy
12 Preparing for Pregnancy
13 Change and Adaptation in Pregnancy
14 Parent Education: a New Dimension
15 Special Exercises for Pregnancy, Labour and the Puerperium
16 Antenatal Care
17 Abnormalities of Early Pregnancy
18 Problems of Pregnancy
19 Common Medical Disorders Associated with Pregnancy
20 Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
21 Sexually Transmissible and Reproductive Tract Infections in Pregnancy
22 Multiple Pregnancy
23 Specialised Fetal Investigations
SECTION 4 Labour
24 The First Stage of Labour: Physiology and Early Care
25 The First Stage of Labour: Management
26 Pain Relief and Comfort in Labour
27 Transition and the Second Stage of Labour
28 Physiology and Management of the Third Stage of Labour
29 Prolonged Pregnancy and Disorders of Uterine Action
30 Malpositions of the Occiput and Malpresentations
31 Operative Deliveries
32 Midwifery and Obstetric Emergencies
SECTION 5 THE Puerperium
33 Physiology and Care in the Puerperium
34 Physical Problems and Complications in the Puerperium
35 The Psychology and Psychopathology of Pregnancy and Childbirth
36 Family Planning
37 Bereavement and Loss in Maternity Care
SECTION 6 The Newborn Baby
38 The Baby at Birth
39 The Normal Baby
40 Feeding
41 The Healthy Low Birthweight Baby
42 Recognising the Ill Baby
43 Respiratory Problems
44 Trauma during Birth; Haemorrhage and Convulsions
45 Congenital Abnormalities
46 Jaundice and Infection
47 Metabolic Problems, Endocrine Disorders and Drug Withdrawal
SECTION 7 The Context of Midwifery Practice
48 Pharmacology and Childbirth
49 Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Maternity Care
50 Community, Public Health and Social Services
51 Supervision of Midwives and Clinical Governance
52 Risk Management
53 Organisation of the Health Services in the United Kingdom
54 International Midwifery
55 Vital Statistics
Glossary of Selected Terms
Index
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