The midwife's labour and birth handbook
By: edited by Vicky Chapman and Cathy Charles.
Contributors: Chapman, Vicky.; Charles, Cathy.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; Malden, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405161053
Subjects: Midwifery -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Childbirth -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Midwifery -- Handbooks; Labor, Obstetric -- Handbooks; Parturition -- Handbooks; Prenatal Care -- Handbooks
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Labour and normal birth / Cathy Charles; title: Vaginal examination and artificial rupture of the membranes / Vicky Chapman; title: Fetal heart rate monitoring in labour / Bryony Read; title: Perineal trauma and suturing / Vicky Chapman; title: Examination of the newborn baby at birth / Caroline Rutter; title: Home birth / Janet Gwillam; title: Water for labour and birth / Cathy Charles & Vicky Chapman; title: Slow progress and malpresentations/malpositions in labour / Vicky Chapman; title: Assisted birth: ventouse and forceps / Cathy Charles; title: Caesarean section / Cathy Charles; title: Vaginal birth after caesarean section / Vicky Chapman; title: Preterm birth / Vicky Chapman; title: Breech birth / Lesley Shuttler; title: Twins and higher order births / Jo Coggins; title: Haemorrhage / Sheila Miskelly; title: Emergencies in labour and birth / Sheila Miskelly; title: Neonatal and maternal resuscitation / Nick Castle; title: Induction of labour / Mary-Lou Elliott; title: Pre-eclampsia / Annette Briley; title: Stillbirth and neonatal death / Cathy Charles & Barbara Kavanagh; title: Bullying and assertiveness / Hilary Field; title: Risk management, litigation, and complaints / Cathy Charles; title: Intrapartum blood tests / Julie Davies; title: Medicines and the midwife / Vicky Chapman & Sheila Miskelly.