

Midwifery Essentials: Medical Conditions - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource


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- Provides a useful, friendly source of information
- Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care
- Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures
- Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision
- Helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion
- Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures
- Chapters designed to be read as a ‘standalone’ or in succession
- Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication
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01 - Introduction
02 - Cancer in pregnancy
03 - Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
04 - Respiratory disorders in childbearing
05 - Disorders of the blood
06 - Digestive conditions
07 - Cardiac conditions
08 - Infections in pregnancy and childbearing
09 - Neurological conditions
10 - Endocrine disorders and pregnancy
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Helen Baston, BA(Hons), MMedSci, PhD, PGDipEd, ADM, RN, RM, Consultant Midwife Public Health, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Researcher / Lecturer, University of Sheffield; Honorary Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University, UK., Jenny Hall, EdD MSc RN RM ADM PGDip(HE) SFHEA FRCM, Independent Midwifery Educator and Researcher, Bristol, UK and Jayne Samples, DM, MSc, BSc (Hons) RM RGN FHEA, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Lead Midwife for Education, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Huddersfield, UK