Evidence and Skills for Physiological Labour and Birth - A Guide to Implementing the Evidence Into Practice for Midwives

Using high-quality evidence from around the world, this important text draws together and critically examines what we know about intrapartum care, looking at how it can be translated into real-world midwifery practice.

List of contents

Foreword Sheena Byrom/Soo Downe/Denis Walsh TBC
1. The Impact of Midwifery
2. Models of Maternity Care
3. Implications of Not Following the Evidence: Trauma
4. Implications of Not Following the Evidence: Quitting the System
5. Implementation Science
6. Preparation for Childbirth: Informed and Empowered
7. Why Oxytocin Matters
8. The Biomechanics of Birth
9. Optimal Design for Birth Settings to Enable Physiological Birth
10. Evidence-Informed Provision of MLU Settings and Accreditation
11.Water Birth
12. Home Birth
13. Facilitating Physiological Breech Birth
14. How to Protect the Perineum

About the author

Denis Walsh is Associate Professor in Midwifery at The University of Nottingham. He lectures on evidence and skills for normal birth internationally and is widely published on midwifery issues and normal birth.

Summary

Using high-quality evidence from around the world, this important text draws together and critically examines what we know about intrapartum care, looking at how it can be translated into real-world midwifery practice.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Madeley Healy, Denis Walsh, Denis (University of Nottingham Walsh, Denis Spiby Walsh
• Assisted by: Maria Healy (Editor), Healy Maria (Editor), Anna Madeley (Editor), Madeley Anna (Editor), Helen Spiby (Editor), Denis Walsh (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.12.2018, delayed
• EAN: 9781138232839
• ISBN: 978-1-138-23283-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, MEDICAL / Nursing / Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Birthing methods