Mayes' Midwifery A Textbook for Midwives Pageburst Package with Pageburst online access

This title is now available under ISBN 9780702052330. Mayes' Midwifery , an established key textbook for students and qualified midwives, contains essential knowledge for professional practice. For this 14 th edition, each section and chapter has been fully updated and enhanced by leading authors to ensure the text complies with contemporary practice and current guidelines. Added benefits are the availability of a variety of additional online resources for each chapter, including case studies, video and website links, and a bank of multiple-choice questions to test knowledge. With a strong emphasis on normal birth, the book covers the spectrum of midwifery-related topics applied to practice, providing a foundation of knowledge, and encouraging independent thought through the use of reflective exercises in each chapter and online. The book provides midwives with material that meets individual ways of learning and supports current modes of midwifery education. Mayes' Midwifery is the text for initial preparation and for ongoing midwifery practice. New chapters on essential contemporary issues: Vulnerable women Perspectives on the future of midwifery, in a global context Evidence-based information to guide best practice Learning outcomes and Key Points in all chapters Reflective activities Now with an integrated website offering additional resources and material including: Multiple-choice questions for self-testing Case studies Reflective activities to consolidate your professional development Useful additional reading, resources and weblinks Expanded topics Downloadable materials including illustrations Forlagets beskrivelse: Printed book plus Pageburst access. You will receive a printed book and access to the complete book content electronically. Pageburst enhances learning not only by bringing world class content to your fingertips but also by letting you add to it, annotate it, and categorize it in a way that suits you. Pageburst frees you to spend more time learning and less time searching. Mayes' Midwifery, an established key textbook for students and qualified midwives, contains essential knowledge for professional practice. For this 14th edition, each section and chapter has been fully updated and enhanced by leading authors to ensure the text complies with contemporary practice and current guidelines. Added benefits are the availability of a variety of additional online resources for each chapter, including case studies, video and website links, and a bank of multiple-choice questions to test knowledge. With a strong emphasis on normal birth, the book covers the spectrum of midwifery-related topics applied to practice, providing a foundation of knowledge, and encouraging independent thought through the use of reflective exercises in each chapter and online. The book provides midwives with material that meets individual ways of learning and supports current modes of midwifery education. Mayes' Midwifery is the text for initial preparation and for ongoing midwifery practice. New chapters on essential contemporary issues: Vulnerable women - Perspectives on the future of midwifery, in a global context - Evidence-based information to guide best practice - Learning outcomes and Key Points in all chapters - Reflective activitiesNow with an integrated website offering additional resources and material including: Multiple-choice questions for self-testing - Case studies - Reflective activities to consolidate your professional development - Useful additional reading, resources and weblinks - Expanded topics - Downloadable materials including illustrations This title is now available under ISBN 9780702052330. __Mayes' Midwifery__, an established key textbook for students and qualified midwives, contains essential knowledge for professional practice. For this 14th edition, each section and chapter has been fully updated and enhanced by leading authors to ensure the text complies with contemporary practice and current guidelines. Added benefits are the availability of a variety of additional online resources for each chapter, including case studies, video and website links, and a bank of multiple-choice questions to test knowledge. With a strong emphasis on normal birth, the book covers the spectrum of midwifery-related topics applied to practice, providing a foundation of knowledge, and encouraging independent thought through the use of reflective exercises in each chapter and online. The book provides midwives with material that meets individual ways of learning and supports current modes of midwifery education. __Mayes' Midwifery__ is **the** text for initial preparation and for ongoing midwifery practice. * New chapters on essential contemporary issues: + Vulnerable women + Perspectives on the future of midwifery, in a global context * Evidence-based information to guide best practice * Learning outcomes and Key Points in all chapters * Reflective activities Now with an integrated website offering additional resources and material including: * Multiple-choice questions for self-testing * Case studies * Reflective activities to consolidate your professional development * Useful additional reading, resources and weblinks * Expanded topics * Downloadable materials including illustrations Content: Part 1 The Midwife in Context -- 1. The global midwife -- 2. A history of the midwifery profession in the United Kingdom -- 3. Statutory framework for practice -- 4. The midwife as a lifelong learner -- 5. Evidence-based practice and research for practice -- 6. Leadership and management in midwifery -- 7. Governance in Midwifery -- 8. Ethics and midwifery practice -- 9. Law and the midwife -- 10. Pharmacology and the midwife -- Part 2 Childbirth in Context -- 11. Social, cultural and spiritual context of childbearing -- 12. Psychological context -- 13. Sexuality -- 14. The Health Service Context and Midwifery -- 15. Frameworks for the care of the child (Children Act) and Social Services -- Part 3 Public Health, Health promotion and Childbirth -- 16. Epidemiology -- 17. Nutrition -- 18. Complementary therapies in maternity care: responsibilities of midwives -- 19. Health promotion and education -- 20. Preconception care -- 21. Education for parenthood -- 22. Physical preparation for childbirth and beyond, and the role of physiotherapy -- 23. Vulnerable women -- Part 4 The anatomy and physiology of fertility, conception and pregnancy -- 24. Anatomy of male and female reproduction -- 25. Female reproductive physiology -- 26. Genetics -- 27. Fertility and its control -- 28. Infertility and assisted conception -- 29. Fertilization, embryonic, fetal and placental development -- 30. The fetal skull Part 5 Pregnancy -- 31. Maternal and fetal responses to pregnancy -- 32. Confirming pregnancy and care of the pregnant woman -- 33. Antenatal investigations -- 34. The choice agenda and place of birth and care -- Part 6 Labour and Birth Suitable for students and qualified midwives, this title contains essential knowledge for professional practice. It covers the spectrum of midwifery-related topics applied to practice. It provides midwives with material that meets individual ways of learning and supports various modes of midwifery education. This well-known and highly respected textbook has been rigorously revised and updated to reflect the changes in both midwifery education and practice