Marshall Jayne, Raynor Maureen (eds.) Myles Textbook for Midwives

16th edition. — Churchill Livingstone, 2014. — 799 p. — ISBN: 9780702051456The sixteenth edition of this seminal textbook, Myles Textbook for Midwives, has been extensively revised and restructured to ensure that it reflects current midwifery practice, with an increased focus on topics that are fundamental to midwifery practice today. The book comes with Elsevier EVOLVE ancillaries – an online learning package which consists of 500 self-assessment questions and answers and a fully downloadable image bank.The Midwife in Context
The midwife in contemporary midwifery practice
Professional issues concerning the midwife and midwifery practice
Human Anatomy and Reproduction
The female pelvis and the reproductive organs
The female urinary tract
Hormonal cycles: fertilization and early development
The placenta
The fetus
Pregnancy
Antenatal education for birth and parenting
Change and adaptation in pregnancy
Antenatal care
Antenatal screening of the mother and fetus
Common problems associated with early and advanced pregnancy
Medical conditions of significance to midwifery practice
Multiple pregnancy
Labour
Care of the perineum, repair and female genital mutilation
Physiology and care during the first stage of labour
Physiology and care during the transition and second stage phases of labour
Physiology and care during the third stage of labour
Prolonged pregnancy and disorders of uterine action
Malpositions of the occiput and malpresentations
Operative births
Midwifery and obstetric emergencies
Puerperium
Physiology and care during the puerperium
Physical health problems and complications in the puerperium
Perinatal mental health
Bereavement and loss in maternity care
Contraception and sexual health in a global society
The Neonate
Recognizing the healthy baby at term through examination of the newborn screening
Resuscitation of the healthy baby at birth: the importance of drying, airway management and establishment of breathing
The healthy low birth weight baby
Trauma during birth, haemorrhages and convulsions
Congenital malformations
Significant problems in the newborn baby
Infant feeding