Midwifery av Helen (University of Sheffield UK) Baston

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<P><EM>Midwifery: The Basics</EM> provides an engaging and authentic insight into the midwife''s world. It explores the role of the midwife as a clinician and professional, showing how midwives can support women both to achieve a healthy full-term pregnancy and a smooth transition to motherhood. </P><P>This book begins with a discussion of the context of birth and parenthood, placing midwifery in its broader social context. Topics covered include:</P><UL><P><LI>the midwife as an autonomous professional;</LI><P></P><P><LI>becoming a midwife;</LI><P></P><P><LI>pre-conceptual and antenatal care;</LI><P></P><P><LI>intrapartum care;</LI><P></P><P><LI>postnatal care; and</LI><P></P><P><LI>the specialist midwife.</LI><P></P></UL><I><P>Midwifery: The Basics</I> uses the voices of mothers, fathers and midwives to illustrate the complex world of becoming, being and supporting parents. This is an essential introduction for students at undergraduate and A-Level who are approaching midwifery for th