Essential Midwifery Practice: Postnatal Care

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 clini. Read more... Essential Midwifery Practice: Postnatal Care; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Notes on the Contributors; Chapter 1 The History of Postnatal Care, National and International Perspectives; Chapter 2 Contemporary Postnatal Care in the Twenty-first Century; Chapter 3 Women's and Midwives' Views of Early Postnatal Care; Chapter 4 Transition into Parenthood: Ideology and Reality; Chapter 5 Empowering Mothers: Strengthening the Future; Chapter 6 Morbidity during the Postnatal Period: Impact on Women and Society; Chapter 7 Baby-Friendly Hospitals: What Can They Achieve? Chapter 8 Engaging Vulnerable Women and Families: Postnatal CareChapter 9 Working with Partners: Forming the Future; Chapter 10 Nurture and Nature: The Healthy Newborn; Chapter 11 Sexual Health, Postnatal Care and Parenthood; Index