Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781405170918
Year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 282


Description:
Essential Midwifery Practice: Postnatal Care summarises the
important developments in postnatal care in relation to recent
policy and guidance and relates the recommendations to midwifery
practice in a clear and easily understood manner. With
contributions from experts in the field, this practical text
provides a resource for postnatal service provision in both
hospital and community, offering a framework to assist midwives
understand the background to care.



With a focus on a woman and family centred philosophy, and
community engagement models of care, this text explores issues
including clinical care within the postnatal period, transition
into parenthood, empowering parents, morbidity and postnatal care,
the healthy newborn, and engaging vulnerable women and
families.



Essential Midwifery Practice: Postnatal Care forms part
of a series of books that succinctly address the needs of
practising midwives on a number of contemporary issues.


Includes up to date information on recent policy, including
NICE guidelines


Written by respected experts in the field


Focused on women and family centered care


For both hospital and community midwives