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Understanding Pain and Its Relief in Labour

  • 1st Edition
  • December 9, 1996
  • Sue Moore
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 0 5 0 2 6 - 8
Midwives in all the developed countries are also taking increased professional responsibility for the management of all aspects of labour including pain control. Alternative methods of pain relief by midwives are being used increasingly, and will continueto be while the use of drugs such as pethidine for controlling labour pain is no longer routine. No book has existed till now which looks at the subject in the light of these changes from the midwife's point of view. Existing titles are very medical and pharmacological in approach. This book looks at all aspects of pain relief in labour, covering the physiological processes involved in the perception of pain and relates them to the physiological process of labour. Management of pain in labour is dealt with from the midwife's point of view and particular emphasis is given to non-pharmacological methods of pain control, including complementary therapies. Pharmacological methods of pain control are also included.

Waterbirth Unplugged

  • 2nd Edition
  • October 30, 1996
  • Beverley Lawrence Beech
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 8 9 8 5 0 7 - 5 3 - 6
It comprises a collection of chapters covering all aspects of waterbirth as well as a look at how waterbirth practices differ around the world.Topics include:* Why a waterbirth? Marsden Wagner, Janet Balaskas and Michel Odent* The physiology of waterbirth. Gerd Eldering and Konrad Selke and Paul Johnson* Waterbirth and the family. Jayn Ingrey and Roger Lichy* Technology and childbirth. Beverley Lawrence Beech and Rosemary Jenkins* Waterbirth and the mid-wife. Caroline Flint, Cass Nightingale and Dianne Garland.* Waterbirth and the obstetician. Jole Muscat, Michael Adam, Patrick Snora, Michael J Rosenthal and Faith Haddad.* Waterbirth internationally. Athena Vassie, Piera Maghella and Anne Uller.* Waterbirth - the way forward.Judy Bothamley, Joanne Chadwick, Yehudi Gordon and Lesley Page.

Closing The Theory

  • 1st Edition
  • October 2, 1996
  • Gary Rolfe
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 2 6 1 6 - 3
This book focuses on changing approaches to nursing, encompassing current concepts of practice and the ways in which theory is generated and disseminated. Nursing practice has moved from a task orientated discipline to being patient-centred, and from addressing effective ways of nursing groups of patients with similar problems to holistic care. However, methods of research and education have not kept pace. Change has begun, but an even greater leap is required to achieve seamlessness and excellence in the care that is given to patients. This book suggests how it might be achieved. The first part of the book discusses ways of bringing nursing theory closer to practice, integrating models of theory, practice, research and education, and is based on a vision of the nurse as an autonomous professional. The second part presents working examples of initiatives in, amongst other areas, practice, action research and curriculum development.

Health Needs Assessment

  • 1st Edition
  • July 22, 1996
  • Jane Robinson + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 0 5 2 3 3 - 0

Counselling Skills for Nurses

  • 4th Edition
  • July 5, 1995
  • Verena Tschudin
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 1 9 7 2 - 2
Effective counselling is a cornerstone of all nursing care. This new edition moves beyond the identification of a problem in order to examine fully the practical nature of counselling concentrating in particular on the potentially highly senstive nature of caring. Topics covered include support systems, the bearing of ethical issues on nurisng practice and the special skills required to give appropriate advice in the case of bereavement.The book's theoretical underpinning is once again the authors's own 'Four Questions Model', which has been expanded for this edition: What is happening? What is the meaning of it? What is your goal? and How are you going to do it?All in all, the book comprises a practical guide for student and practising nurses in all disciplines.

Toohey's Medicine

  • 15th Edition
  • December 27, 1994
  • Arnold Bloom + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 0 4 7 0 4 - 6
In spite of recent changes in nurse education, nurses still need to know about medicine to understand their work with patients. This is the latest edition of what has become a popular and enduring nursing textbook. It is a short textbook of medicine written by medical experts, but read by nurses. Nurses have consistently found this book invaluable because of the level at which the text is pitched. It has been written in consultation with nurses and covers exactly the medical knowledge that they require.These features make it still an ideal medical text for nurses: Includes the medical knowledge nurses need New team of contributors to widen input Written in consultation with nurses to ensure appropriateness of information New format and typeface - to increase readability

Anatomy and Physiology Applied to Obstetrics

  • 3rd Edition
  • February 15, 1993
  • S. Verralls
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 0 4 2 1 1 - 9
A useful small book for midwives that studies anatomy and physiology as applied to obstetrics and gynaecology.  The text looks at the physiology of pregnancy and is well illustrated.