Midwifery : Community-Based Care During the Childbearing Year Book

UNIT 1: MATERNAL-INFANT CARE IN THE COMMUNITY · Midwifery a Community-Based Model of Care for Childbearing Women · Clinical Epidemiology in Maternal-Child Health · UNIT 2: HEALTHY PREGNANCY · Anatomy of the Female Reproductive Tract · Menstrual Cycle and Conception · Growth and Development of the Fetus and Placenta · Maternal Anatomic and Physiologic Adaptations in Pregnancy · Diagnosis and Dating of Pregnancy · Components of Prenatal Care · Screening for Maternal Risk Factors During Pregnancy · Common Discomforts and Behavior Modifications in Pregnancy · Nutritional Needs and Counseling During Pregnancy · Psychologic, Emotional, and Social Aspects of Pregnancy · Screening for Fetal Health · Midwives As Teachers: the 5-Minute Curriculum · Perinatal Care Among Diverse Populations of Women · UNIT 3: LABOR, BIRTH AND POSTPARTUM PERIOD · Anatomic and Physiologic Aspects of Labor and Birth · Mechanisms of Labor · Maintenance of Comfort and Management of Pain · First-Stage Labor · Second-Stage Labor · Third-Stage Labor · Immediate Pospartum Period · Healthy Newborn · Fourth Trimester · UNIT 5: COLLABORATIVE CARE OF COMPLICATIONS DURING PREGNANCY · Medical Complications During Pregnancy · Obstetric Complications in the Prenatal Period · Complications of Labor and Delivery · Complications of the Postpartum Period · UNIT 5: MAINTAINING QUALITY MATERNAL-INFANT HEALTH CARE · Ethical Aspects of Care · Continuous Quality Improvement in Maternal-Infant Care · Maintaining Midwifery in a Rapidly Changing Health Care Environment · Appendix A: Repairing Lacerations and Episiotimies2001. 550 pp., 185 illus.