Anatomy and physiology for midwives
By: Jane Coad ; with Melvyn Dunstall
Contributors: Dunstall, Melvyn
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Edinburgh; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9780702034893
Subjects: Urogenital System; Physiology; Midwifery; Reproduction; Pregnancy; Anatomy & histology; Newborn Infant; Human anatomy; Human physiology; Physiological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to physiology; title: The reproductive and urinary systems; title: Endocrinology; title: Reproductive cycles; title: Sexual differentiation and behaviour; title: Fertilization; title: Overview of human genetics and genetic disorder; title: The placenta; title: Embryo development; title: Overview of immunology; title: Physiological adaptation to pregnancy; title: Maternal nutrition; title: Physiology of parturition; title: The puerperium; title: The transition to neonatal life; title: Lactation and infant nutrition.