Offers an introduction to human sexuality in the context of health and social care practice. Drawing on research in the social sciences, cultural studies and social policy, this book presents a summary of theories of sexual orientation, discusses the growth of contemporary lesbian and gay communities, and reveals the prejudice and discrimination.

Full title: 'Managing Childbirth Emergencies in Community Settings'.

Offers a visual and textual overview of the stages of pregnancy and birth. This book illustrates the anatomy of mammary glands and the infant within the mother. It includes illustrations showing fertilization and implantation and trimester and fetal development. It discusses genetic screening and hormonal changes during pregnancy.

A midwife's guide to pregnancy and birth which shows compassionate sensitivity to women's needs in pregnancy and childbirth.

Midwives and healthcare providers are grappling with the issue of rising intervention rates in childbirth and trying to identify ways to reverse the trend. Intervention in childbirth has long-term consequences for women and their children. This work provides evidence-based ideas for restructuring the birth territory to facilitate normal birth.

A fascinating study of how birthing methods have evolved and how key practices have returned.

Designed to help students master the information presented in Maternal/Child Nursing Care, 3rd Edition , this guide includes a variety of questions, chapter activities, and critical thinking exercises designed to help the students apply the knowledge and information found inside the main text book.

Presents and discusses the results of research carried out to expand midwifery knowledge. This work takes a reflective approach, which raises critical questions of philosophy and practice relating to this area - Anti-D in Midwifery, and other areas of knowledge.

An account of the life of Louise Bourgeois - midwife to Maria of Medici from 1601-1609 - and an analysis of her theories on the workings of the body. This work also examines her advice on delivery, her relations with the medical men of her time, and her treatments of a range of conditions.

Offers an analyses of midwifery as it is practiced. This book reflects on regional differences in the profession, providing a systematic account of its historical, local, and international roots, its regulatory status, and the degree to which it has been integrated into health care systems.

This text examines the use of hydrotherapy in line with current evidence-based practice, and explores the practical issues of setting up a water birthing facility both at home and in a hospital environment.

Takes a practical approach to antenatal education. It leads the reader step by step through a range of issues involved with leading classes, including the role of the class leader, planning and monitoring course content, teaching aids, and active learning techniques.

Offers a research-based account of the status of antenatal education, focusing on the key challenges it faces in the future, offering suggestions for how these challenges might best be met. This book is an account of how the principles and practices of adult education should inform antenatal education.

By reprinting in facsimile primary texts on eighteenth-century midwifery and childbirth, this comprehensive twelve-volume collection gives readers a much deeper, more nuanced understanding of midwives, midwifery students, and women in labour.

Developed to equip midwives with essential life-saving skills, this set of training manuals aims to communicate in an imaginative way the knowledge needed by midwives in order to think critically, make the right decisions, and apply the appropriate clinical skills, particularly in life-and-death emergencies.

Covering various aspects of waterbirth, this work looks at how waterbirth practices differ around the world. It includes topics such as: Why a waterbirth?; the physiology of waterbirth; Waterbirth and the family; Technology and childbirth; Waterbirth and the mid-wife; Waterbirth and the obstetician; Waterbirth internationally; and more.

Helps meet the needs of community midwives. This book includes community based scenarios and case studies.

This practical manual covers aspects of labour management with the emphasis remaining on normal, safe deliveries in community units or hospitals. New topics in this third edition include the use of computers, different forms of delivery, and care of the newborn infant.

There has been an extensive reappraisal of the physiologic changes of pregnancy and their associated disorders, along with a refinement of diagnostic procedures and evaluation of the therapeutic approaches that are of primary concern to the physician. This title provides insight on identification and treatment of predisposing risk factors.

This unique woman-centered text provides a vital resource for primary care maternity clinicians and trainees. It applies the powerful, proven model of patient-centered care to pregnancy and birth - an expansion beyond previous applications to various chronic illnesses.