Health & Fitness Women's Health
Maternal and Newborn Care
A Complete Guide for Midwives and Other Health Professionals
- Publisher
- Juta Academic
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2004
- Category
- Women's Health
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780702164026
- Publish Date
- Sep 2004
- List Price
- $77.95
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Description
The midwife's role is examined in the community and family-health context in this handbook on effective maternal and newborn care for midwives and other healthcare providers. The skills, competencies, and knowledge required to make informed decisions about neo- and postnatal care are covered, including anatomy and the physiology of reProduction, high-risk pregnancies, and labor and birth. Theoretical and practical issues illuminate a midwife's role in the prevention of illness in mothers and babies, with attention to the unique challenges of midwifery in developing nations. Insights from current research studies and critical questions about midwife practice will help those new to health care understand the unique challenges of this form of health-service delivery.
About the authors
Contributor Notes
Dr. Christa van der Walt and Joanita de Kock are professors of midwifery at the University of Pretoria. Sister Christa Mary Jones teaches about primary healthcare and midwifery at nursing colleges.