Pain Management in Childbearing: Key Issues in Management

Author:   Margaret Yerby (Senior Lecturer (Midwifery), Wolfson Institute of Health Sciences, Thames Valley University, London, UK)
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
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9780702022999


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   12 January 2000
Format:   Paperback
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This book provides a broad review of the many aspects of pain associated with childbearing. Specialist midwifery contributors deal with a key issue in their field of expertise, enabling the reader to become more effective when working with women in childbirth. Key topics include: the physiology of pain applied to childbirth, antenatal and postnatal pain, pharmacological and non-pharmacological views on pain relief, psychology of pain relief, fetal and neonatal pain, sociological and historical views. As a resource and broad guide to the management of pain in childbearing, this book is a valuable resource for both professional and student midwives. Features: * Written by specialists in each specific field * Detailed references provide scope for further reading * Psychology of pain relief covered specifically from the midwifery perspective

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Author:   Margaret Yerby (Senior Lecturer (Midwifery), Wolfson Institute of Health Sciences, Thames Valley University, London, UK)
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Bailliere Tindall
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9780702022999


ISBN 10:   0702022993
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   12 January 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Pain Relief: Past and Present * Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD) * Physiology of Labour Pain * The Psychology of Pain in Normal * Labour * Socio-cultural Aspects of Pain * Relief of Pain and Discomfort in Labour - A Moral and Legal Perspective * Alternative Therapies for Pain Relief * Pharmacological Methods of Pain Relief * Post Natal Pain * Fetal Pain * Neonatal Pain and Its Management

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-Reading this well written book will encourage and challenge midwives to think about how they assist women to view pain as not just a negative experience .- Debra Bick, Research Fellow in Midwifery, University of Birmingham, MIDIRS Midwifery Digest Vol 1, Issue 1, March 2001 Reading this well written book will encourage and challenge midwives to think about how they assist women to view pain as not just a negative experience . Debra Bick, Research Fellow in Midwifery, University of Birmingham, MIDIRS Midwifery Digest Vol 1, Issue 1, March 2001


Reading this well written book will encourage and challenge midwives to think about how they assist women to view pain as not just a negative experience . Debra Bick, Research Fellow in Midwifery, University of Birmingham, MIDIRS Midwifery Digest Vol 1, Issue 1, March 2001


Reading this well written book will encourage and challenge midwives to think about how they assist women to view pain as not just a negative experience . Debra Bick, Research Fellow in Midwifery, University of Birmingham, MIDIRS Midwifery Digest Vol 1, Issue 1, March 2001


Reading this well written book will encourage and challenge midwives to think about how they assist women to view pain as not just a negative experience . Debra Bick, Research Fellow in Midwifery, University of Birmingham , MIDIRS Midwifery Digest Vol 1, Issue 1, March 2001


Reading this well written book will encourage and challenge midwives to think about how they assist women to view pain as not just a negative experience . Debra Bick, Research Fellow in Midwifery, University of Birmingham, MIDIRS Midwifery Digest Vol 1, Issue 1, March 2001


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