Maternity, Perinatal & Women's Health

This book considers ways in which midwives can assist families to embark on a healthy grieving process. Subjects such as miscarriage, termination for fetal abnormality, prenatal and neonatal loss are all comprehensively discussed. It is a revised edition of a book published by Blackwell Scientific i... More

The first comprehensive career guide for one of today's fastest-growing and most rewarding areas Each year more and more couples seek birth-related instruction and/or professional support before, during, and after pregnancy. There has been a burgeoning of new career opportunities in this field. Now,... More

Nursing, midwifery and health visiting are relatively young disciplines and are shaped by their location at the interface of academia and practice. As a result, researchers are often unaware of and unprepared for issues which can have a major impact on their work. Focusing on the nurse researcher's ... More

As the rate of home births continues to increase, health policymakers are considering the best ways to deliver community-based midwifery services and training in home births for new midwives and obstetricians. In this first qualitative exploration of home births in the UK, Nadine Edwards focuses on ... More

Based on the protocols in use at the highly acclaimed King's College Hospital in London, Clinical Protocols in Labour presents a consensus of the best and most appropriate techniques for standard delivery and uncommon clinical scenarios. Each chapter is written as a stand-alone unit making the infor... More

This thoughtfully planned handbook describes the different but complementary roles of the family practitioner, specialist nurses, surgeons and oncologists in the care of the patient with breast disease. This includes not only breast cancer, but also benign lumps and cysts, rashes, discharges, and br... More

This practical handbook provides a clear and comprehensive evidence-based primary-care guide to the care of women patients in ambulatory practice, intended for general and family practitioners, nurses, physicians' assistants and all who practice primary care of women. It emphasizes preventive care a... More

This important study of the interface between control over fertility and women's emancipation, outlines the technological developments that have taken place in the field of human reproduction in the second half of the twentieth century.This important study of the interface between control over ferti... More

Essential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of mental health nursing. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" information covering therapeutic communication, developmental disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, disso... More

Intended as a quick reference for nurses and nursing students, this text offers guidance in identifying essential content for maternity nursing practice. Quick Look Nursing: Maternal-Newborn Nursing identifies the most important facts and summarizes the most current information involved in maternal ... More

This full-color LPN/LVN-level textbook presents maternity nursing using a nursing process framework. Throughout the text are features that help students develop critical thinking skills and apply content to practice--such as nursing procedures, nursing care plans, clinical pearls, patients' and care... More

This brand-new, full-color textbook presents both maternity and pediatric nursing at an appropriate level for LPN/LVN students. The text uses a nursing process framework and emphasizes the LPN's specific role. Throughout the text are features that help students develop critical thinking skills and a... More

As more than 85 percent of pregnant women entering labor and delivery floors undergo fetal monitoring, it is essential that nurses in this field are well-versed in the signs of fetal well-being and compromise obtained from FHR monitoring. Murray and company have created this workbook to provide a co... More

The author of "Core Curriculum for Lactation Consultant Practice" now offers a convenient, evidence-based guide for managing breastfeeding and related issues.J"Breastfeeding Management" covers incidence, etiology, risk factors, prevention, prognosis and implications, interventions, expected outcomes... More

This practical resource provides the scientific basis and the how-to techniques to help mothers establish a milk supply and to confirm that newborns are breastfeeding successfully. Promoting breastfeeding at the personal, interpersonal, and system levels, the second edition delivers evidence-based c... More