Overview
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
Full Product Details
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
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD
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Reviews
-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
